1975 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1975 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – The Prince Charles
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Secretary of State for Wales – John Morris
- Archbishop of Wales – Gwilym Williams, Bishop of Bangor
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
- Brinli (outgoing)
- R. Bryn Williams (incoming)
Events
- 20 March - Opening of the Cleddau Bridge at Milford Haven.
- 14 April - Actor/singer Michael Flanders dies suddenly of an intracranial berry aneurysm while on holiday in Betws-y-Coed.
- May - A leak from the Esso Tenby tanker off the coast of Pembrokeshire kills an estimated 1,300 seabirds.
- 28 July - 8 people are injured when a train derails between Sarnau and St Clears.
- 19 November - The Wales national football team qualifies for the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 1976, beating Austria 1-0 in Wrexham.
- date unknown - The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust is established.
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Criccieth)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Gerallt Lloyd Owen
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Elwyn Roberts
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld
New books
- Aneirin Talfan Davies - Diannerch Erchwyn a Cherddi Eraill
- J. Eirian Davies - Cân Galed
- T. Glynne Davies - Marged
- Gwynfor Evans - National Future for Wales
- Jeremy Hooker - Soliloquies of a Chalk Giant
- Richard Cyril Hughes - Catrin o Ferain
- Emyr Humphries - Flesh and Blood
- Richard Llewellyn - Green, Green, My Valley Now
- Moelwyn Merchant - Breaking the Code
- Prys Morgan - Iolo Morganwg
- Leslie Norris - Mountains, Polecats, Pheasants and other Elegies
- Bernice Rubens - I Sent a Letter to My Love
- Peter Tinniswood - Except You're a Bird
- John G. Williams - Maes Mihangel
- Rhydwen Williams - The Angry Vineyard
New drama
- W. S. Jones - Y Toblarôn
Music
- Max Boyce - We All Had Doctors' Papers
- Edward H. Dafis - Ffordd Newydd Eingl-Americanaidd Grêt o Fyw
- Dave Edmunds - Subtle As A Flying Mallet (album)
- Andy Fairweather-Low - "Wide Eyed And Legless" (top ten hit single)
Film
- Rachel Roberts appears in Picnic at Hanging Rock.
- Ken Loach's Days of Hope is partly set in Wales.
Welsh-language films
- None
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
- The Siberry Report recommends a new Welsh-language fourth channel broadcasting 25 hours a week of Welsh-language programs, with BBC and HTV each responsible for 50% of the output.
English-language television
- Grand Slam, starring Hugh Griffith and Windsor Davies
- How Green Was My Valley adapted for television by Elaine Morgan, starring Stanley Baker, Sian Phillips, Mike Gwilym, Nerys Hughes and Gareth Thomas.
- Angharad Rees stars in Poldark.
Sport
- Boxing - Pat Thomas wins the British Welterweight title.
- Darts - Wales win the Home International Series.
- Football - The Wales national football team qualifies for the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 1976.
- Snooker - Ray Reardon is World Professional Champion for the fourth time.
Births
- 12 March - Richard Harrington, actor
- 21 March - Mark Williams, snooker player
- 5 April - John Hartson, footballer
- 22 May - Kelly Morgan, badminton player
- 18 June - Jem, singer
- 1 July - Hayley Tullett, athlete
- 24 July - Dafydd James, rugby player
- 4 September - Kai Owen, actor
- 26 September - Dai Thomas, footballer
- 19 October - Jamie Donaldson, golfer
- 5 November - Lisa Scott-Lee, singer
- 25 November - Paul Mealor, composer
- date unknown - Euros Childs, songwriter
Deaths
- 14 February - Arthur Probert, politician, 67
- 23 February - Ossie Male, rugby player, 81
- 3 March - T. H. Parry-Williams, poet, 87
- 20 April - Stephen Halden Beattie, recipient of the Victoria Cross, 67
- 23 April - Pete Ham, musician, leader of the group Badfinger (suicide), 27
- 21 May - A. H. Dodd, historian
- 7 June - Jack Smith, footballer, 63
- 7 August - Jim Griffiths, politician, 84
- 27 August - Noel Morgan, cricketer, 69
- 4 September - Walley Barnes, footballer and broadcaster, 55
- 6 November - Norman Riches, cricketer
- date unknown
- Robert Herring, poet and critic, 72
- Alun Jones (Alun Cilie), poet
- Huw Lloyd Edwards, dramatist