1958 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1958 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
- Princess of Wales - vacant
- Archbishop of Wales - Edwin Morris
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - William Morris
[edit] Events
- 18 January - Nigel Birch resigns as Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
- 25 February - The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is launched by Bertrand Russell.
- 6 May - Murderer Vivian Teed is hanged in Swansea - the last execution to take place in Wales.
- 26 July - At the Empire Games in Cardiff, the Queen announces that her son, Prince Charles, is to be created Prince of Wales.
- 6 August - Daniel Granville West becomes the first Welsh life peer.
- Huw T. Edwards leaves the Labour Party for Plaid Cymru in protest at the decision to flood the Tryweryn valley.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ebbw Vale)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - T. Llew Jones
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Llew Jones
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Edward Cynolwyn Pugh
[edit] New books
- Brenda Chamberlain - The Green Heart
- Aneirin Talfan Davies - Englynion a Chywyddau
- Islwyn Ffowc Elis - Blas y Cynfyd
- Peter George - Red Alert
- D. Gwenallt Jones - Cofiant Idwal Jones
- Saunders Lewis - Brad (play)
- Bertrand Russell - Understanding History and Other Essays
- Raymond Williams - Culture and Society
[edit] Music
- Daniel Jones - The Country Beyond the Stars (cantata)
[edit] Film
- Richard Burton stars in the film version of Look Back in Anger.
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] Welsh-language television
- Commercial TV becomes available in Wales, broadcasting some Welsh-language programmes.
[edit] English-language television
[edit] Sports
- Football - Wales reaches the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
- Gymnastics - Margaret Neale of Cardiff is the British Women's Champion for the second year running.
- Welsh Sports Personality of the Year - Howard Winstone
[edit] Births
- 4 January - Gary Jones, actor
- 2 March - Ian Woosnam, golfer
- 30 April - Claire Curtis-Thomas, politician
- 3 July - Siân Lloyd, television presenter
- 18 July - Chris Ruane, politician
- 19 July - Angharad Tomos, author
- 3 September - Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey, politician
- 4 October - Anneka Rice, television presenter
- 24 November - Robin Llywelyn, novelist
- date unknown - Caryl Parry Jones, singer
[edit] Deaths
- 1 February - Ernest Jones, psychoanalyst
- 19 April - Billy Meredith, footballer
- 20 July - Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda, political campaigner and businesswoman
- 25 September - Henry Arthur Evans, politician
- 28 November - Gareth Jones, actor
- date unknown - Ivor Lewis, Welsh-Canadian artist
