1946 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1946 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant
- Princess of Wales - vacant
- Archbishop of Wales - David Lewis Prosser
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Crwys
[edit] Events
- The highest ever November temperature for the UK is recorded at Prestatyn: 71°F (21.7°C)
- Arthur Horner becomes President of the National Union of Mineworkers.
- A pneumoconiosis research unit is established at Llandough Hospital near Cardiff, in recognition of the damage being caused to miners' health.
- The Coal Industry Nationalisation Act is passed.
[edit] Arts and literature
- In the absence of a Prince of Wales, Princess Elizabeth, heir to the throne, is admitted to the Gorsedd.
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Mountain Ash)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Geraint Bowen
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Rhydwen Williams
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Dafydd Jenkins
[edit] New books
- Pennar Davies - Cinio'r Cythraul
- Caradoc Evans - The Earth Gives All and Takes All
- Rowland Hughes – Chwalfa
- Emyr Humphreys - Little Kingdom
- Albert Evans-Jones (Cynan) - Ffarwel Weledig
- Dylan Thomas - Deaths and Entrances
- Gwyn Thomas - The Dark Philosophers
[edit] Music
- Daniel Jones – Scenes from the Mabinogion
[edit] Film
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] Sport
- Boxing - Wales stages its first-ever world title fight, in which lightweight Ronnie James is defeated by Ike Williams.
[edit] Births
- 15 January - Roger Davis, cricketer
- 31 January - Bobby Windsor, rugby player
- 21 March - Timothy Dalton, actor
- 19 May - Androw Bennett, writer
- 14 June - Glyn Berry, diplomat
- 6 August - Ron Davies, politician
- 18 October - Dafydd Elis-Thomas, politician
- 26 November - Brian Hibbard, actor and singer
- 27 November - Kim Howells, politician
- 9 December- Mervyn Davies, rugby player
- date unknown
[edit] Deaths
- 25 April - Arthur Jenkins, MP for Pontypool
- 25 May - Ernest Rhys ("Mr Everyman"), poet
- 5 November - Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, author and patron of the arts in Wales
- 6 December - Charles Butt Stanton, politician
- date unknown
- Arthur Griffith-Boscawen, politician
- Morris Williams, publisher, husband and collaborator of Kate Roberts
