1946 in Wales
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Year in Wales header This article is about the particular significance of the year 1946 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archbishop of Wales – David Prosser, Bishop of St David's
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Crwys
Events
- 12 July – The Coal Industry Nationalisation Act is passed by Parliament.
- August
- Arthur Horner becomes General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers.
- Stocks of captured Nazi German bombs filled with Tabun (nerve agent) begin to be transferred from Llanberis to open storage at RAF Llandwrog.
- November – The highest ever temperature for this month in the UK is recorded at Prestatyn: 71 °F (21.7 °C).
- December – George Isaacs inaugurates the first Remploy factory, in Bridgend, with the aim of offering work to disabled ex-servicemen.[1]
- 26 December – A serious collapse at Bryn Eglwys slate mine near Abergynolwyn causes its closure.
- A pneumoconiosis research unit is established at Llandough Hospital near Cardiff, in recognition of the damage being caused to miners' health.
Arts and literature
- In the absence of a Prince of Wales, The Princess Elizabeth, heir presumptive to the throne, is admitted to the Gorsedd.[2]
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Mountain Ash)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Geraint Bowen
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Rhydwen Williams
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Dafydd Jenkins
New books
In Welsh
- Pennar Davies – Cinio'r Cythraul
- Albert Evans-Jones (Cynan) – Ffarwel Weledig
- Thomas Rowland Hughes – Chwalfa
- John Gwilym Jones – Y Goeden Erin
In English
- Caradoc Evans – The Earth Gives All and Takes All[3]
- Emyr Humphreys – Little Kingdom
- Dylan Thomas – Deaths and Entrances[4]
- Gwyn Thomas – The Dark Philosophers[5]
Music
- 15 April – The Welsh National Opera makes its debut, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff, with a double bill of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, with almost all the singers being amateurs.
- Daniel Jones – Scenes from the Mabinogion
Film
- London Town featuring Tessie O'Shea[6]
Broadcasting
- June – The BBC's regional director for Wales tells Welsh MPs that there is "not enough talent... to sustain a full continuous programme".[7]
Sport
- Boxing – Wales stages its first-ever world title fight, in which lightweight Ronnie James is defeated by Ike Williams.
Births
- 10 January – Terry Cobner, rugby player[8]
- 15 January – Roger Davis, cricketer
- 31 January – Bobby Windsor, rugby player[9]
- 20 February – Mike Roberts, Wales and British Lions rugby player
- 21 March – Timothy Dalton, actor[10]
- 2 April – Dai Llewellyn, socialite (died 2009)[11]
- 5 April – Russell Davies, journalist and broadcaster
- 13 April – Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
- 19 May – Androw Bennett, writer
- 6 June – Hywel Francis, politician and historian (died 2021)
- 14 June – Glyn Berry, diplomat
- 6 August – Ron Davies, politician[12]
- 12 August – Andrew McNeillie, poet and literary editor
- 3 October – Richie Morgan, professional footballer and manager
- 18 October – Dafydd Elis-Thomas, politician (died 2025)[13]
- 30 October – Chris Slade, rock drummer
- 26 November – Brian Hibbard, actor and singer (died 2012)
- 27 November – Kim Howells, politician[14]
- 6 December – Martin Moore-Bick, judge
- 9 December – Mervyn Davies, rugby player (died 2012)[15]
- date unknown – Tony Curtis, poet
Deaths
- 8 January – Dion Fortune, writer, 55[16]
- 23 January – William Evans, Wales dual-code international rugby player, 62
- 25 April (in London) – Arthur Jenkins, MP for Pontypool, 64
- 14 March – Reg Thomas, athlete, 39 (air crash)[17]
- 16 April – Jack Jenkins, footballer, 54[18]
- 25 April – Arthur Jenkins, politician, 64
- 25 May – Ernest Rhys ("Mr Everyman"), writer, 86[19]
- 1 June – Arthur Griffith-Boscawen, politician, 80[20]
- 10 June – Humphrey Jones, footballer, 83
- 18 June – Thomas Llewellyn Jones, businessman and politician in Australia, 74[21]
- 4 July – Taffy O'Callaghan, footballer, 39
- 15 July – William Cope, 1st Baron Cope, politician, 75
- 20 July – Richard Thomas Evans, politician, 55/56
- 8 August – Miriam Kate Williams ("Vulcana"), strongwoman, 72
- 12 August – Alfred Augustus Mathews, vicar and Wales international rugby player, 82
- 25 August – Tudor Edwards, thoracic surgeon, 56[22]
- 26 August – Ruth Herbert Lewis, social reformer and collector of Welsh folk songs, 74[23]
- 15 October – David Percy Davies, newspaper editor,[24]
- 4 November – Bill Morris, Wales international rugby player, 77
- 5 November – Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, author and patron of the arts in Wales, 66[25]
- 24 November – Sydney Nicholls, Wales rugby international player, 78
- 6 December – Charles Stanton MP, politician[26]
- date unknown
- William Egan, footballer, 73 or 74
- Morris Williams, publisher, husband and collaborator of Kate Roberts, 46[27]
- Ianto Davies, rugby player, ?48
See also
References
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