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List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1991 to
Wales and
its people .
Incumbents
Events
6 January - A Maltese tanker, the Kimya , capsizes off the Anglesey coast. Ten crew members are drowned, and the ship's cargo of
sunflower oil causes marine pollution.
[5]
January - Two Welsh soldiers are among those killed in the first
Gulf War .
4 April -
Peter Hain is elected as MP for
Neath in a
by-election caused by the death of the sitting MP, Donald Coleman.
[6]
16 May -
Huw Edwards is elected as MP for
Monmouth in a
by-election caused by the death of the sitting MP, Sir John Stradling Thomas.
23 May - A memorial to
Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd is dedicated at
Kidwelly Castle .
[7]
19 July -
Dean Saunders , 27-year-old
Welsh international striker, becomes the most expensive player to be signed by a British club when a £2.9million fee takes him from
Derby County to
Liverpool , who have broken the record fee in British football for the third time in four years.
[8]
31 August –
3 September -
Cardiff Ely Bread Riots : A dispute between two shopkeepers escalates into four consecutive nights of rioting in the Ely district of Cardiff.
[9]
16 October -
Manchester United winger
Ryan Giggs , who turns 18 at the end of the following month, becomes the youngest full international for the Welsh national team against
Germany in
Nuremberg .
[10]
21 October - Welshman
Eric Jones is one of a team of four who make the first hot-air balloon flight over
Mount Everest .
[11]
25 October - Official opening of
Conwy Crossing (immersed tube tunnel) to road traffic as part of
A55 Conwy Bypass .
8 November -
Penallta Colliery closes.
[12]
date unknown - The
Welsh Office proposes an
M4 relief road between Magor and Castleton.
[13]
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in
Mold , with record attendance of 164,100)
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair -
Robin Llwyd ab Owain , "Merch Ein Amserau" (The Girl of Our Times)
[14]
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown -
Einir Jones , "Pelydrau"
[15]
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal -
Angharad Tomos , Si Hei Lwli
[16]
Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - withheld
[17]
New books
English language
Welsh language
Music
Film
Welsh-language films
Broadcasting
English-language television
Welsh-language television
Sport
Births
21 January -
Craig Roberts , actor
28 January -
Ffion Bowen , rugby union winger
3 February -
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs , racing driver
4 February -
Fred Evans , boxer
28 March -
David Cornell , footballer
12 April - Ashley
Jazz Richards , footballer
[29]
24 May -
Aled Davies , paralympian field athlete (throwing events)
5 July -
Michael White , snooker player
10 August -
Amy Dowden , dancer
[30]
23 August -
Laura O'Sullivan , footballer (goalkeeper)
3 October -
Jenny McLoughlin , athlete
20 October -
Nathaniel Jarvis , footballer
29 November -
Becky James , track racing cyclist
Deaths
14 January -
Donald Coleman , politician, 65
[31]
30 January -
Rhys Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Kilgerran , politician, 83
10 February -
Rowe Harding , rugby player, 89
19 February -
Tom Rees , Wales international rugby player, 77
18 March -
Robert Roland Hughes , neurologist, 79/80
[32]
24 March -
Maudie Edwards , actress and singer, 84
[33]
29 March -
John Stradling Thomas , politician, 65
[34]
July -
Evan Roberts , conservationist
12 August -
Edward George Bowen , CBE, physicist, 80
[35]
23 August -
Innes Lloyd , TV producer, 66
26 August -
John Petts , artist, 77
[36]
31 August -
Idwal Rees , Wales rugby union captain, 81
October -
Seymour Morris , footballer, 78
13 October -
Donald Houston , actor, 67
[37]
5 November -
Gwenlyn Parry , dramatist, 59
[38]
15 December -
Ray Smith , actor, 55
22 December -
Jim Lang , Wales rugby union player, 82
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ISBN
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ISBN
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ISBN
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ISBN
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ISBN
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ISBN
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ISBN
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^ Sarah Hill (5 July 2017).
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ISBN
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ISBN
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"Who is Amy Dowden? Strictly Come Dancing star's age, height, career and more facts" . Smooth Radio . 27 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018 .
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ISBN
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ISBN
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^ Roger Owen (15 September 2013).
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ISBN
978-1-78316-577-3 .
See also