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==Incumbents== |
==Incumbents== |
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*[[Prince of Wales]] – [[Edward VIII|Edward]] |
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*[[Archbishop of Wales]] – [[Alfred George Edwards]], [[Bishop of St Asaph]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-EDWA-GEO-1848|title=Edwards, Alfred George (1848-1937), first archbishop of Wales|author=Thomas Iorwerth Ellis|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> |
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*[[Princess of Wales]] – ''vacant'' |
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*[[Archbishop of Wales]] – [[Alfred George Edwards]], [[Bishop of St Asaph]] |
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*[[Archdruid]] of the [[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] |
*[[Archdruid]] of the [[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] |
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**[[John Owen Williams (Pedrog)|Pedrog]] (outgoing)<ref name="Stephens1998">{{cite book|author=Meic Stephens|title=The New Companion to the Literature of Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WoMYAAAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-1383-1|page=362}}</ref> |
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**[[John Owen Williams (Pedrog)|Pedrog]] (outgoing) |
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**[[John Jenkins (Gwili)|Gwili]] (incoming) |
**[[John Jenkins (Gwili)|Gwili]] (incoming)<ref name="Stephens1998"/> |
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==Events== |
==Events== |
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===Awards=== |
===Awards=== |
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*[[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] (held in [[Port Talbot]]) |
*[[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] (held in [[Port Talbot]]) |
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*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – [[D. J. Davies]] |
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – [[D. J. Davies]], "Mam"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair|title=Winners of the Chair|website=National Eisteddfod of Wales|date=3 February 2020}}</ref> |
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*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – [[Thomas Eurig Davies]] |
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – [[Thomas Eurig Davies]], "A Ddioddefw a Orfu"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners|title=Winners of the Crown|website=National Eisteddfod of Wales|date=3 February 2020}}</ref> |
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===New books=== |
===New books=== |
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*[[Margiad Evans]] – ''Country Dance'' |
*[[Margiad Evans]] – ''Country Dance'' |
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*[[Elisabeth Inglis-Jones]] – ''Crumbling Pageant'' |
*[[Elisabeth Inglis-Jones]] – ''Crumbling Pageant''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.honno.co.uk/catalogue/fiction/novels/crumbling-pageant/|title=Crumbling Pageant|website=Honno|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[Howard Spring]] – ''Darkie and Co.''<ref>{{cite book|author=Howard Spring|title=Darkie and Co|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SVsPQAACAAJ|year=1932|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> |
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*[[Howard Spring]] – ''Darkie and Co.'' |
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*[[Hilda Vaughan]] – ''The Soldier and the Gentlewoman'' |
*[[Hilda Vaughan]] – ''The Soldier and the Gentlewoman'' |
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*[[Francis Brett Young]] – ''The House Under the Water'' |
*[[Francis Brett Young]] – ''The House Under the Water'' |
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===Music=== |
===Music=== |
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*[[William Arthur Jones|W. Bradwen]] – ''Mab yr ystorm''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-ART-1892|title=Jones, William Arthur (W. Bradwen; 1892-1970), musician|author=Huw Williams|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> |
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*[[William Arthur Jones|W. Bradwen]] – ''Mab yr ystorm'' |
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*[[Grace Williams]] |
*[[Grace Williams]] |
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**''Suite for orchestra'' |
**''Suite for orchestra'' |
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**''Two Psalms for contralto, harp and strings''<ref>{{cite book|first=John|last=Evans|title=Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten |
**''Two Psalms for contralto, harp and strings''<ref>{{cite book|first=John|last=Evans|title=Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928–1938|location=London|publisher=Faber & Faber|year=2009|page=174}}</ref> |
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==Film== |
==Film== |
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*[[13 June]] – Port Talbot-born English actress [[Peg Entwistle]] signs a contract with [[RKO]] in the United States. |
*[[13 June]] – Port Talbot-born English actress [[Peg Entwistle]] signs a contract with [[RKO]] in the United States. |
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*[[16 September]] – Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" of the giant [[Hollywood Sign|Hollywoodland sign]]. |
*[[16 September]] – Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" of the giant [[Hollywood Sign|Hollywoodland sign]]. |
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*[[20 October]] – Release of comedy horror ''[[The Old Dark House (1932 film)|The Old Dark House]]'', set entirely in Wales but filmed wholly in Hollywood. |
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*[[Edmund Gwenn]] appears in ''Tell Me Tonight'', ''Money for Nothing'', ''Condemned to Death'', ''Love on Wheels'', ''Lord Babs'' and ''Frail Women''. |
*[[Edmund Gwenn]] appears in ''Tell Me Tonight'', ''Money for Nothing'', ''Condemned to Death'', ''Love on Wheels'', ''Lord Babs'' and ''Frail Women''. |
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==Broadcasting== |
==Broadcasting== |
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The broadcasting committee of the Welsh Parliamentary Labour Party obtains agreement from the BBC to broadcast a fortnightly programme and religious content in the [[Welsh language]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Mari A. Williams|author2=Geraint H. Jenkins|title=Let's Do Our Best for the Ancient Tongue: The Welsh Language in the Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzx4AAAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-1658-0}}</ref> |
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==Sport== |
==Sport== |
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*[[Boxing]] |
*[[Boxing]] |
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**[[3 February]] – [[Jack Petersen]] beats [[Dick Power]] to take the Welsh heavyweight title. |
**[[3 February]] – [[Jack Petersen (boxer)|Jack Petersen]] beats [[Dick Power]] to take the Welsh heavyweight title.<ref name="Boxing">{{cite DWB|id=s10-PETE-CHA-1911|title=Peterson, John Charles (Jack Petersen) (1911-1990), boxer|author=Mel Williams|year=2016|access-date=24 April 2022}}</ref> |
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**[[23 May]] – Jack Petersen wins the British light-heavyweight title. |
**[[23 May]] – Jack Petersen wins the British light-heavyweight title against [[Harry Crossley]].<ref name="Boxing"/> |
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**[[12 July]] – Jack Petersen wins the British heavyweight title. |
**[[12 July]] – Jack Petersen wins the British heavyweight title against [[Reggie Meen]].<ref name="Boxing"/> |
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==Births== |
==Births== |
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*[[12 March]] – [[John Harris (priest)|John Harris]], dean of Brecon (died [[2019 in Wales|2019]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2019/27-september/gazette/deaths/deaths|title=Deaths|date=27 September 2019|website=Church Times|access-date=15 November 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[20 March]] – [[Garfield Owen]], Wales dual-code rugby international |
*[[20 March]] – [[Garfield Owen]], Wales dual-code rugby international |
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*[[6 April]] – [[Leon Eagles]], actor |
*[[6 April]] – [[Leon Eagles]], actor (died [[1997 in England|1997]]) |
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*[[28 May]] – [[John Savage (politician)|John Savage]], prime minister of [[Nova Scotia]] (died [[2003 in Wales|2003]])<ref>{{cite news|title=John Savage|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1430857/John-Savage.html|accessdate=14 January 2018|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=23 May 2003|author=Staff|location=London, UK}}</ref> |
*[[28 May]] – [[John Savage (Nova Scotia politician)|John Savage]], prime minister of [[Nova Scotia]] (died [[2003 in Wales|2003]])<ref>{{cite news|title=John Savage|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1430857/John-Savage.html|accessdate=14 January 2018|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=23 May 2003|author=Staff|location=London, UK}}</ref> |
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*[[30 May]] – [[Ivor Richard, Baron Richard]], politician (died [[2018 in Wales|2018]]) |
*[[30 May]] – [[Ivor Richard, Baron Richard]], politician (died [[2018 in Wales|2018]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2018-03-19/former-labour-cabinet-minister-lord-richard-dies-aged-85/|title=Former Labour Cabinet Minister Lord Richard dies aged 85|publisher=ITV|date=19 March 2018}}</ref> |
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*[[31 May]] – [[Glyn Davies (footballer, born 1932)|Glyn Davies]], footballer (died [[2013 in Wales|2013]]) |
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*[[22 June]] – [[Mary Wynne Warner]], mathematician (died 1998)<ref>I. M. James and A. R. Pears, [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=128991 "Obituary: Mary Wynne Warner (1932–1998)"] ''Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society'' 34(6)(December 2001): 745–752. DOI: 10.1112/S0024609302001467</ref> |
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*[[10 July]] – [[Maureen Guy]], mezzo-soprano (died 2015) |
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*[[30 June]] – [[Derek Tapscott]], footballer (died [[2008 in Wales|2008]]) |
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*[[10 July]] – [[Maureen Guy]], mezzo-soprano (died [[2015 in Wales|2015]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Maureen Guy, opera singer – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11432589/Maureen-Guy-opera-singer-obituary.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=24 February 2015|accessdate=23 August 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824201203/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11432589/Maureen-Guy-opera-singer-obituary.html|archivedate=24 August 2017}}</ref> |
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*[[27 July]] – [[Dennis Callan]], footballer (died [[2006 in Wales|2006]]) |
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*[[2 August]] – [[Kenneth Bowen (tenor)|Kenneth Bowen]], concert tenor (died [[2018 in Wales|2018]])<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/09/04/kenneth-bowen-singer-teacher-obituary/| title= Kenneth Bowen, singer and teacher – obituary| work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| url-access=subscription| date= 4 September 2018| accessdate=6 September 2018}}</ref> |
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*[[12 August]] – [[Gwilym Jenkins]], statistician and systems engineer (died [[1982 in Wales|1982]]) |
*[[12 August]] – [[Gwilym Jenkins]], statistician and systems engineer (died [[1982 in Wales|1982]]) |
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*[[31 August]] – [[Colin Gale]], footballer (died 2008) |
*[[31 August]] – [[Colin Gale]], footballer (died [[2008 in Wales|2008]]) |
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*[[9 September]] – [[Alice Thomas Ellis]], born Ann Margaret Lindholm in Liverpool, novelist (died [[2005 in Wales|2005]])<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/mar/10/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Alice Thomas Ellis: obituary by Clare Colvin at [[The Guardian]], 10 March 2005 |
*[[9 September]] – [[Alice Thomas Ellis]], born Ann Margaret Lindholm in Liverpool, novelist (died [[2005 in Wales|2005]])<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/mar/10/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Alice Thomas Ellis: obituary by Clare Colvin] at [[The Guardian]], 10 March 2005</ref> |
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*[[8 October]] – [[Ray Reardon]], snooker player |
*[[8 October]] – [[Ray Reardon]], snooker player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://welsh-sports-hall-of-fame.wales/az/ray-reardon/|title=Ray Reardon|website=Welsh Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> (died [[2024 in Wales|2024]]) |
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*[[18 October]] – [[Don Devereux]], dual-code rugby player (died 1995) |
*[[18 October]] – [[Don Devereux]], dual-code rugby player (died [[1995 in Wales|1995]]) |
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*[[24 October]] – [[Allan Rogers]], politician<ref>{{cite book|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=To2IAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|isbn=978-0-905702-30-8|page=207}}</ref> |
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*[[24 October]] – [[Allan Rogers]], politician |
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*[[16 November]] – [[Onllwyn Brace]], Wales rugby union captain (died [[2013 in Wales|2013]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/10530312.Former_Newport_scrum_half_Onllwyn_Brace_mourned/|title=Former Newport scrum half Onllwyn Brace mourned|date=5 July 2013|website=South Wales Argus|access-date=27 June 2018}}</ref> |
*[[16 November]] – [[Onllwyn Brace]], Wales rugby union captain (died [[2013 in Wales|2013]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/10530312.Former_Newport_scrum_half_Onllwyn_Brace_mourned/|title=Former Newport scrum half Onllwyn Brace mourned|date=5 July 2013|website=South Wales Argus|access-date=27 June 2018}}</ref> |
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*[[21 November]] – [[Alvan Williams]], footballer (died [[2003 in Wales|2003]]) |
*[[21 November]] – [[Alvan Williams]], footballer (died [[2003 in Wales|2003]]) |
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*[[1 December]] – [[Cissy Davies]], Olympic gymnast |
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*[[7 December]] – [[Elystan Morgan]], politician<ref>{{cite book|author1=Charles Roger Dod|author2=Vacher Dod Publishing, Limited|author3=Robert Phipps Dod|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbiIAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|page=569|isbn=9780905702513 }}</ref> |
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*[[15 December]] – [[John Meurig Thomas]], chemist |
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*[[15 December]] – [[John Meurig Thomas]], chemist (died [[2020 in the United Kingdom|2020]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)|author2=Kenneth D. M. Harris|author3=Peter P. Edwards|title=Turning Points in Solid-state, Materials and Surface State: A Book in Celebration of the Life and Work of Sir John Meurig Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M1SnUVwgmn0C&pg=PR20|year=2008|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|isbn=978-0-85404-114-5|pages=20}}</ref> |
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*''date unknown'' |
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*''date unknown'' – [[Richard Cyril Hughes]], historian<ref>{{cite book|author=Meic Stephens|title=The new companion to the literature of Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WoMYAAAAIAAJ|date=23 September 1998|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-1383-1|page=333}}</ref> |
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**[[Richard Cyril Hughes]], historian |
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==Deaths== |
==Deaths== |
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*[[27 February]] – [[Dicky Owen]], Wales rugby union international, 55 (suicide) |
*[[27 February]] – [[Dicky Owen]], Wales rugby union international, 55 (suicide)<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=David |author2=Williams, Gareth |title=Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union |year=1980 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |isbn=0-7083-0766-3|page=132}}</ref> |
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*[[3 March]] – [[Ernest Howard Griffiths]], physicist, 80<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33582| title=Griffiths, Ernest Howard (1851–1932) |first= Ezer |last=Griffiths |author2=Falconer, Isobel |work= [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]] (online edition, subscription access)| publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]| year=2004 |accessdate=2008-04-09}}</ref> |
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*[[3 March]] – [[Ernest Howard Griffiths]], physicist, 80 |
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*[[10 April]] – [[Gwyn Thomas (cricketer)|Gwyn Thomas]], cricketer, 41 |
*[[10 April]] – [[Gwyn Thomas (cricketer)|Gwyn Thomas]], cricketer, 41 |
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*[[14 May]] – [[John Hughes (1873–1932)|John Hughes]], composer of ''[[Cwm Rhondda]]'', 58<ref>{{cite web|url= |
*[[14 May]] – [[John Hughes (1873–1932)|John Hughes]], composer of ''[[Cwm Rhondda]]'', 58<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s1-HUGH-JOH-1873|title=HUGHES, JOHN (1873–1932), composer of the hymn-tune 'Cwm Rhondda'|author=Robert Thomas Jenkins|website=Welsh Biography Online|publisher=[[National Library of Wales]]|access-date=17 June 2018}}</ref> |
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*[[8 June]] – [[Margaret Nevinson]], suffrage campaigner, 74<ref>John, Angela V. "Nevinson [née Jones], Margaret Wynne (1858–1932), women's rights activist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004-09-23. Oxford University Press. Date of access 9 Mar. 2018. </ref> |
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*[[27 May]] – [[M. C. Jones]], racing driver, 37 (killed during qualification for Indianapolis 500 in the United States) |
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*[[28 June]] – [[Thomas Phillips Price]], landowner, industrialist and politician, 88 |
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*[[9 July]] – [[John Owen Williams (Pedrog)]], minister and poet<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-WILL-OWE-1853|title=Williams, John Owen (Pedrog); 1853-1932), Congregational minister and poet|author=Idwal Lewis|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[10 July]] – [[Martha Hughes Cannon]], Welsh-born US physician, politician and campaigner, 75 |
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*[[10 July]] – [[Martha Hughes Cannon]], Welsh-born US physician, politician and campaigner, 75<ref>{{cite book|author1=Martha Hughes Cannon|author2=Angus Munn Cannon|title=Letters from Exile: The Correspondence of Martha Hughes Cannon and Angus M. Cannon, 1886-1888|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C23ZAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Signature Books|isbn=978-0-941214-77-3|page=xxv}}</ref> |
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*[[20 July]] – [[Bill Beynon]], British bantamweight boxing champion, 41 (killed in mining accident)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-13039445|title=Billy Beynon Hill in Bryn to honour boxer's achievement|date=11 April 2011|website=BBC News|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[23 July]] – [[Tenby Davies]], half-mile world champion runner, 48 |
*[[23 July]] – [[Tenby Davies]], half-mile world champion runner, 48 |
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*[[30 August]] – [[Conway Rees]], Wales rugby union international, 62 |
*[[30 August]] – [[Conway Rees]], Wales rugby union international, 62 |
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*[[11 September]] – [[Aneurin Rees]] Wales rugby union international, 74 |
*[[11 September]] – [[Aneurin Rees]] Wales rugby union international, 74 |
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*[[16 September]] – [[Peg Entwistle]], actress, 24 (suicide)<ref>{{cite news|title=Young Actress Ends Life In Hollywood|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19320920&id=9oApAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gmYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3051,5949013|accessdate=13 May 2014|newspaper=The Lewiston Daily Sun|page=11|date=20 September 1932}}</ref> |
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*[[16 September]] – [[Peg Entwistle]], actress, 24 (suicide) |
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*[[26 October]] – [[William Howell Davies]], merchant and politician, 80 |
*[[26 October]] – [[William Howell Davies]], merchant and politician, 80<ref>{{cite book|author=W. G. Neale|title=At the Port of Bristol: Members and problems, 1848-1890. 42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBbVAAAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Port of Bristol Authority|page=75}}</ref> |
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*[[25 November]] |
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*[[25 November]] – [[John Williams (VC)|John Williams]], recipient of the Victoria Cross, 75 |
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**[[John Williams (VC)|John Williams]], recipient of the Victoria Cross, 75<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/507824|title=Grave of John Fielding VC at Llanfihangel Llantarnam Church|website=People's Collection Wales|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> |
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**[[Hugh Hughes (trade unionist)|Hugh Hughes]], trade union leader, 54<ref>Joyce Bellamy, ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'', vol.I, pp.191-192</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1932 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph[1]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
Events
[edit]- 25 January – Leif Jones is created Baron Rhayader.
- 1 March (Saint David's Day) – Members of Plaid Cymru on two occasions replace the Union Jack flying over Caernarfon Castle with a flag displaying the red Welsh Dragon.[3]
- c. August – The Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, is completed.
- Plaid Cymru adopts self-government as its official policy.
- Hilary Marquand’s economic surveys of South Wales highlight the depressed conditions in the area during the Great Depression in the United Kingdom.
Arts and literature
[edit]- Frank Brangwyn completes the Empire Panels.
- Welsh-language newspaper Y Cymro is launched.
Awards
[edit]- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Port Talbot)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – D. J. Davies, "Mam"[4]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Thomas Eurig Davies, "A Ddioddefw a Orfu"[5]
New books
[edit]English language
[edit]- Margiad Evans – Country Dance
- Elisabeth Inglis-Jones – Crumbling Pageant[6]
- Howard Spring – Darkie and Co.[7]
- Hilda Vaughan – The Soldier and the Gentlewoman
- Francis Brett Young – The House Under the Water
Welsh language
[edit]- Richard Ithamar Aaron – Hanes Athroniaeth
- T. H. Parry-Williams – Canu Rhydd Cynnar
- David Walters (Eurof) – Pwerau'r Deufyd
Music
[edit]- W. Bradwen – Mab yr ystorm[8]
- Grace Williams
- Suite for orchestra
- Two Psalms for contralto, harp and strings[9]
Film
[edit]- 13 June – Port Talbot-born English actress Peg Entwistle signs a contract with RKO in the United States.
- 16 September – Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" of the giant Hollywoodland sign.
- 20 October – Release of comedy horror The Old Dark House, set entirely in Wales but filmed wholly in Hollywood.
- Edmund Gwenn appears in Tell Me Tonight, Money for Nothing, Condemned to Death, Love on Wheels, Lord Babs and Frail Women.
Broadcasting
[edit]The broadcasting committee of the Welsh Parliamentary Labour Party obtains agreement from the BBC to broadcast a fortnightly programme and religious content in the Welsh language.[10]
Sport
[edit]- Boxing
- 3 February – Jack Petersen beats Dick Power to take the Welsh heavyweight title.[11]
- 23 May – Jack Petersen wins the British light-heavyweight title against Harry Crossley.[11]
- 12 July – Jack Petersen wins the British heavyweight title against Reggie Meen.[11]
Births
[edit]- 12 March – John Harris, dean of Brecon (died 2019)[12]
- 20 March – Garfield Owen, Wales dual-code rugby international
- 6 April – Leon Eagles, actor (died 1997)
- 28 May – John Savage, prime minister of Nova Scotia (died 2003)[13]
- 30 May – Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, politician (died 2018)[14]
- 31 May – Glyn Davies, footballer (died 2013)
- 22 June – Mary Wynne Warner, mathematician (died 1998)[15]
- 30 June – Derek Tapscott, footballer (died 2008)
- 10 July – Maureen Guy, mezzo-soprano (died 2015)[16]
- 27 July – Dennis Callan, footballer (died 2006)
- 2 August – Kenneth Bowen, concert tenor (died 2018)[17]
- 12 August – Gwilym Jenkins, statistician and systems engineer (died 1982)
- 31 August – Colin Gale, footballer (died 2008)
- 9 September – Alice Thomas Ellis, born Ann Margaret Lindholm in Liverpool, novelist (died 2005)[18]
- 8 October – Ray Reardon, snooker player[19] (died 2024)
- 18 October – Don Devereux, dual-code rugby player (died 1995)
- 24 October – Allan Rogers, politician[20]
- 16 November – Onllwyn Brace, Wales rugby union captain (died 2013)[21]
- 21 November – Alvan Williams, footballer (died 2003)
- 1 December – Cissy Davies, Olympic gymnast
- 7 December – Elystan Morgan, politician[22]
- 15 December – John Meurig Thomas, chemist (died 2020)[23]
- date unknown – Richard Cyril Hughes, historian[24]
Deaths
[edit]- 27 February – Dicky Owen, Wales rugby union international, 55 (suicide)[25]
- 3 March – Ernest Howard Griffiths, physicist, 80[26]
- 10 April – Gwyn Thomas, cricketer, 41
- 14 May – John Hughes, composer of Cwm Rhondda, 58[27]
- 8 June – Margaret Nevinson, suffrage campaigner, 74[28]
- 28 June – Thomas Phillips Price, landowner, industrialist and politician, 88
- 9 July – John Owen Williams (Pedrog), minister and poet[29]
- 10 July – Martha Hughes Cannon, Welsh-born US physician, politician and campaigner, 75[30]
- 20 July – Bill Beynon, British bantamweight boxing champion, 41 (killed in mining accident)[31]
- 23 July – Tenby Davies, half-mile world champion runner, 48
- 30 August – Conway Rees, Wales rugby union international, 62
- 11 September – Aneurin Rees Wales rugby union international, 74
- 16 September – Peg Entwistle, actress, 24 (suicide)[32]
- 26 October – William Howell Davies, merchant and politician, 80[33]
- 25 November
- John Williams, recipient of the Victoria Cross, 75[34]
- Hugh Hughes, trade union leader, 54[35]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "Edwards, Alfred George (1848-1937), first archbishop of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ a b Meic Stephens (1998). The New Companion to the Literature of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
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