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- Deaths
- See also
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{{Year in Wales header|1956}}This article is about the particular significance of the year 1956 to Wales and its people. Incumbents- Prince of Wales – vacant
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Archbishop of Wales – John Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Dyfnallt
Events- April – One of the last Welsh-built naval vessels afloat, former iron screw frigate {{HMS|Inconstant|1868}}, built at Pembroke Dock, arrives in Belgium to be broken up.[1]
- 2 April – Huw Wheldon marries Jacqueline Clarke.
- 24 April – A 250,000 signature petition is presented to the Westminster parliament by the all-party Parliament for Wales Campaign.
- 9 May – The Gower Peninsula becomes the first area in the British Isles to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[2]
- 9 July – Mettoy introduce Corgi Toys model cars, manufactured at Fforestfach in South Wales.
- September – Bangor Normal College and Trinity College, Carmarthen, introduce courses in Welsh-medium teaching.
- 22 November – In a mining accident at Lewis Merthyr Colliery, seven men are killed.[3]
- exact date unknown
- Opening of the first Welsh-medium secondary school in Wales – Ysgol Glan Clwyd, Rhyl.[4]
- Aberystwyth's town clock is demolished.
Arts and literature- Welsh language periodical Y Faner is bought by Huw T. Edwards and thus saved from going out of business.[5]
- Morecambe and Wise are reunited by chance at the Swansea Empire Theatre.
- 22 November – The New Scientist is launched[6] by Percy Cudlipp, who becomes its first editor.
Awards- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Aberdare)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Mathonwy Hughes
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – withheld
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Ray Evans
New booksEnglish language- Margiad Evans – A Candle Ahead
- Bertrand Russell – Portraits from Memory and Other Essays
Welsh language- Huw T. Edwards – Tros y Tresi
- Islwyn Ffowc Elis – Yn Ôl i Leifior
- David Rees Griffiths – Caneuon Amanwy
- Kate Roberts – Y Byw sy'n Cysgu
- Waldo Williams – Dail Pren
Drama- John Roberts Evans – Broc Môr
Music- February – Release of Shirley Bassey's first single, Burn My Candle (At Both Ends)
- William Mathias – Suite for Trumpet and Piano, Op.4
- Grace Williams – Symphony No. 2
Film- Richard Burton stars in Alexander the Great; William Squire also appears.
- Glynis Johns stars in The Court Jester.
- Edmund Gwenn makes his last film appearance.
- Moby Dick partly filmed at Lower Fishguard.
Broadcasting- The BBC Light Programme becomes available on VHF from Wenvoe.
Welsh-language television- Granada Television begins producing produced up to an hour a week of current affairs and education programmes in Welsh, to serve the overlap audience in north Wales.
English-language television- June – First televised English-language play produced in Wales, Wind of Heaven.
Sport- Boxing
- 27 August – Joe Erskine defeats Johnny Williams in Cardiff to win the vacant British heavyweight title.
- Rugby Union
- Wales under the captaincy of Cliff Morgan, win the Five Nations Championship for the fifth time this decade.
- 24 March – Wales beat France 5–3 in a game held at the National Stadium, Cardiff
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Joe Erskine
Births- 7 January – Johnny Owen, boxer (died 1980)
- 14 January – Martyn Davies, weather presenter
- 7 April – Christine Chapman AM, politician
- 14 June – Keith Pontin, international footballer
- 22 July – Richard Gwyn writer
- 7 September – Byron Stevenson, footballer (died 2007)
- 3 November – Carl Harris, international footballer
- 4 November – Nia Griffith MP, politician
- 19 December – John Griffiths, politician
- 23 December – Robert Gwilym, actor
- David Nott, surgeon
Deaths- 4 January – Robert Williams Parry, poet, 71[7]
- 10 January – Jack Johns, cricketer, 70
- 14 January – Sam Ramsey, Wales international rugby union player
- 23 January – William Harris, academic and translator, 71
- 1 February – John Lloyd-Jones, academic, 70
- 22 February – Nathaniel Walters, Wales international rugby player, 80
- 27 February – Tudor Rees, lawyer, judge and Liberal politician, 75
- May – Iwan Bala, artist
- 19 May – Peter Freeman, politician, 67
- 8 June – Walter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor, soldier, civil servant and politician, 82
- 5 July – Fred Birt, Welsh international rugby union player, 69
- 11 June – Frank Brangwyn, artist, 89[8]
- 17 August – William Havard, Bishop of St. Davids and international rugby player, 66
- 31 August – Winifred Coombe Tennant, politician and philanthropist, 81[9]
- 13 September – David Davies, footballer, 77
- 20 September – Arthur Tysilio Johnson, farmer and author, 83
- 1 October – J. O. Francis, dramatist, 74
- 11 October – David James Davies, economist and politician, 63
- 16 October – Robert Evans (Cybi), historian, 84
- 18 October – Harry Parry, jazz musician, 44[10]
- 22 November – Rhys Hopkin Morris MP, politician, 68[11]
- 16 December – Nina Hamnett, artist, 66[12]
- 28 December – John Dyfnallt Owen, poet and archdruid, 83[13]
See alsoReferences1. ^{{cite book|last=Phillips|first=Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander|title=Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History|date=2014|publisher=The History Press|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK|isbn=978-0-7509-5214-9|pages=192}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=Gareth E. Jones|title=The Conservation of Ecosystems and Species|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TgIUAQAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Croom Helm|isbn=978-0-7099-1463-1}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons|title=House of Commons Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmIMAQAAIAAJ|year=1957|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office}}
4. ^{{cite book|author=Roy Nash|title=Schooling in Rural Societies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8yXZmBpvEe8C&pg=PA93|date=8 December 2011|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-50490-4|pages=93–}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://archiveswales.llgc.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=1&coll_id=122&expand=|title=Huw T. Edwards Papers|website=Archives Wales|access-date=13 December 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23231002-600-old-scientist-happily-upholding-ideals-since-issue-number-1/|title=Old Scientist: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1|date=16 November 2016|author=Mick O'Hare|website=New Scientist|access-date=13 December 2018}}
7. ^{{cite book|author=Bedwyr Lewis Jones|title=Robert Williams Parry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nKw_AAAAIAAJ|date=1 January 1972|publisher=University of Wales Press [for] the Welsh Arts Council|page=73}}
8. ^{{cite book|author=Frank Brangwyn|title=The Water-colours of Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A., 1867-1956|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1dIAQAAIAAJ|year=1958|publisher=F. Lewis|page=27}}
9. ^{{ODNBweb |title=Tennant, Winifred Margaret Coombe | author=Deirdre Beddoe | doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/70091 }}
10. ^{{cite book |editor1-first=John |editor1-last=Davies|editor1-link=John Davies (historian)|editor2-first=Nigel |editor2-last=Jenkins | editor2-link=Nigel Jenkins| editor3-first=Baines |editor3-last=Menna|editor4-first=Peredur I. |editor4-last=Lynch |title=The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales |year=2008 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |page=651|isbn=978-0-7083-1953-6}}
11. ^{{cite book|author=Peter Barberis|title=Liberal Lion: Jo Grimond, A Political Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GMchBEHcDRoC&pg=PA71|date=28 January 2005|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-85043-627-0|pages=71}}
12. ^{{cite book|author=Denise Hooker|title=Nina Hamnett, queen of Bohemia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TBM3AQAAIAAJ|date=October 1986|publisher=Constable|page=258}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-OWEN-DYF-1873|title=Owen, John Dyfnallt (‘Dyfnallt’; 1873-1956), minister (Congl.), poet, writer, journalist and Archdruid of Wales|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=13 March 2019}}
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