1970 in Wales
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See also 1969 in Wales, other events of 1970, 1971 in Wales and the list of years in Wales.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
- Princess of Wales - vacant
- Secretary of State for Wales - George Thomas
- Archbishop of Wales - Glyn Simon
[edit] Events
- June 18 - In the UK General Election:
- S. O. Davies, having resigned from the Labour Party, retains his Parliamentary seat of Merthyr Tydfil, standing as an Independent Labour candidate.
- Gwynfor Evans loses his seat at Carmarthen.
- Jim Griffiths retires as MP for Llanelli, to be replaced by Denzil Davies.
- Dr Phil Williams becomes the first Chairman of Plaid Cymru.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Richard Burton appears in the stage version of Equus.
[edit] Awards
- Bernice Rubens wins the Booker Prize for The Elected Member.
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ammanford)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Tomi Evans
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Bryan Martin Davies
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld
[edit] New books
- Marion Eames - Y Stafell Ddirgel
- Ron Berry - So Long, Hector Bebb
- Tom Earley - The Sad Mountain
- T. Wilson Evans - Iwan Tudur
- Menna Gallie - You're Welcome to Ulster!
- J. Gwyn Griffiths - Cerddi Cairo
- John Robert Jones - Ac Onide
- Sally Roberts Jones - Turning Away
- John Ormond - Requiem and Celebration
- Harri Webb - The Green Desert
- Gwynne Williams - Rhwng Gewyn ac Asgwrn
[edit] Music
- Badfinger - No Dice (featuring the original recording of "Without You")
- John Cale - Vintage Violence (album}
- Meic Stevens - Outlander
[edit] Film
[edit] Welsh language films
- None
[edit] Broadcasting
- Coverage of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod is the first colour programme to be made by BBC Wales.
[edit] Welsh language television
- Fo a Fe makes a star of Ryan Davies.
[edit] English language television
[edit] Sports
- Boxing - Eddie Avoth wins the Commonwealth lightweight title.
- Snooker - Ray Reardon wins the World Professional Championship for the first time.
[edit] Births
- May 19 - Stuart Cable, rock musician and television presenter
- May 25 - Robert Croft, cricketer
- July 18 - Gruff Rhys, musician
- July 27 - David Davies, politician
- November 27 - Stephen Evans, actor and comedy writer
- December 29 - Aled Jones, singer and radio presenter
- date unknown - Rebecca John, BBC reporter
- date unknown - Gary Pritchard, sports reporter
[edit] Deaths
- February 2 - Bertrand Russell, philosopher
- June 9 - Billy Spiller, cricketer and rugby player
- July 10 - Isaac Griffiths, politician in Canada
- November 7 - Naunton Wayne, actor
- date unknown - Huw Thomas Edwards, Welsh Nationalist leader
- date unknown - Ifan ab Owen Edwards, founder of the Urdd
- date unknown - Thomas Iorwerth Ellis, academic
- date unknown - Albert Evans-Jones (Cynan), poet
- date unknown - Jack Jones, novelist
- date unknown - John Edward Jones, Plaid Cymru leader
- date unknown - John Robert Jones, philosophy professor
- date unknown - Alwyn Lloyd, architect
- date unknown - William Henry Mainwaring, miners’ leader
- date unknown - Trefor Morgan, financier
- date unknown - D. J. Williams, author and Plaid Cymru politician
