1994 in Wales
List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1994 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- 26 January – A man fires two blank shots at the Prince of Wales (now Charles III), during the prince's visit to Sydney, Australia.[4]
- 10 February – An earthquake shock measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale is experienced within a 50-mile radius of the epicentre near Bangor, Wales.
- 18 March – An earthquake shock measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale is experienced within a 30-mile radius of the epicentre near Newtown, Montgomeryshire.
- 1 April – At Coney Beach Pleasure Park, Porthcawl, a 9-year-old boy is killed after being flung off the 58-year-old "Water Chute" ride when a steel hoop collapses in wet and windy conditions and falls onto the open-topped carriage in which he is travelling.[5]
- 29 June – In a televised interview with Jonathan Dimbleby, the Prince of Wales admits having committed adultery after the breakdown of his marriage.
- 19 July – Glenys Kinnock is elected to the European Parliament.
- 24 July – Explosion at Pembroke Refinery injures 26.
- 28 August – Sunday trading becomes legal in England and Wales for the first time.[6]
- 10 September – Bryn Terfel is guest soloist at the Last Night of the Proms in London.[7]
- Dr Elizabeth Haywood is the first winner of the Welsh Woman of the Year award.[8]
- Miners at the Tower Colliery in South Wales, led by Tyrone O'Sullivan, set up TEBO (Tower Employees Buy-Out) to try to save their mine.
- Work begins on the Cardiff Bay barrage.
- St Davids (population 2,000) is restored to city status in the United Kingdom at the request of the Queen, confirmed by letters patent presented on 1 June 1995.
Arts and literature
Awards
New books
English language
Welsh language
New music
Film
Welsh-language films
Music
Albums
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
- Gogs (animation)
- Gwalia yng Nghasia (documentary)
- Yr Heliwr ("A Mind to Kill") (drama)
- Pengelli
- Uned 5 (children's)
English-language television
Sport
Births
Deaths
- 1 January – Allen Forward, Wales international rugby union player, 72
- 23 March – Donald Swann, musician, 70[19]
- 30 April – Herbert Bowden, Baron Aylestone, politician, 89[20]
- 21 May – Cliff Wilson, snooker player, 60[21]
- 31 May – Tom Lewis, Wales international rugby union player, 89
- 27 June – Jeremy Brooks, novelist, poet and dramatist, 67[22]
- 24 July – Aubrey Davies, cricketer, 79
- 29 July – William Mathias, composer, 57[23]
- 31 July – Caitlin Macnamara, widow of Dylan Thomas, 80[24]
- 23 August – Wat Jones, cricketer, 77
- 1 September – Dr Roger Thomas, politician, 68[25]
- 4 October – F. Gwendolen Rees, zoologist, 88[26]
- 9 October – Idris Hopkins, footballer, 83
- 17 October – Gus Risman, rugby league player, 83
- 28 October – Steve Curtis, boxer, 45
- 6 December – Alun Owen, screenwriter, 69[27]
- 12 December – Stuart Evans, writer, 60[28]
- 29 December – Jack Rippon, cricketer, 76
- 31 December – Harri Webb, poet, 74[29]
- date unknown
See also
References
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