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List of events
This article is about the significance of the year 1961 to
Wales and
its people .
Incumbents
Events
16 February – The
BP Explorer , a loaded tanker barge bound for
Sharpness from
Swansea , turns over in the
Severn Estuary .
17 February – The BP Explorer is seen bouncing upside down through the
recently wrecked (October 26, 1960)
Severn Railway Bridge . Her crew of five men are killed.
[1]
1 October –
Tabernacle Chapel, Cardiff , hosts the first-ever broadcast of the long-running national
BBC Television series
Songs of Praise .
[2]
8 November – In a referendum on Sunday opening of public houses, the counties of
Anglesey ,
Cardiganshire ,
Caernarfonshire ,
Carmarthenshire ,
Denbighshire ,
Merionethshire ,
Montgomeryshire and
Pembrokeshire all vote to stay "dry".
[3]
9 November –
Rosemarie Frankland , originally from
Rhosllanerchrugog , wins the
Miss World title.
[4]
19 November – During construction of the
Severn Bridge three men fall into the river. A rescue boat crewed by two men sets sail from
Chepstow , not knowing that the three men have been picked up safely by a ferry, the Severn Princess . Two empty tanker barges coming down from
Sharpness collide with the rescue boat, which has no navigation lights. One member of the rescue boat crew is drowned.
The
Llyn Celyn reservoir is constructed in the valley of the River
Tryweryn in North Wales to provide water for
Liverpool , destroying the village of
Capel Celyn .
Gwynfor Evans becomes president of the
Celtic League .
Formation in
Pontypridd of the first
Local Spiritual Assembly of the
Baháʼí Faith entirely of native Welsh Baháʼís.
[5]
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales , held in
Rhosllanerchrugog :
New books
English language
Welsh language
Music
Film
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
Ambell i Gan
Pwt o'r Papur
Gair o Gyngor
English-language television
Sport
Births
24 January –
Tarki Micallef , professional footballer
7 May –
Phil Campbell , rock guitarist
[12]
5 July –
Gareth Jones ("Gaz Top"), television presenter
7 July –
Steve Brace , long-distance runner
8 August –
Simon Weston , war hero
[13]
18 August –
Huw Edwards , newsreader
[14]
30 August –
Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin , charity worker and Labour peer
29 September –
Julia Gillard , Prime Minister of Australia (in
Barry )
[15]
20 October –
Ian Rush , footballer
1 November –
Nicky Grist , racing driver
date unknown
Deaths
14 January –
William Bowen , Army officer, 62
[17]
18 January –
William Jones , poet, 64
[18]
2 February –
Kate Williams Evans , suffragette, 84
[19]
10 February –
Tom Beynon , Presbyterian minister and historian, 74
[20]
18 April –
John Evans , Labour politician, 85
30 April –
Charles Williams , academic, 55
28 June –
Huw Menai , poet, 74
[21]
3 July –
Albert Jenkin , Wales international rugby player, 88
14 August –
Alec James , cricketer, 72
31 October –
Augustus John , painter, 83
[22]
20 November –
Edwin Thomas Maynard , Wales international rugby player, 83
4 December –
John Pugh , Archdeacon of Carmarthen, 76
date unknown –
Llewelyn Davies , footballer, 79/80
See also
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