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{{Year in Wales header|1961}}This article is about the significance of the year 1961 to Wales and its people. Incumbents- Prince of Wales – Charles
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Trefin
Events- 16 February – The {{MV|BP Explorer||2}}, a loaded tanker barge bound for Sharpness from Swansea, turns over in the Severn Estuary.
- 17 February – The {{MV|BP Explorer||2}} is seen bouncing upside down through the wrecked Severn Railway Bridge. Her crew of five men were killed.[1]
- 1 October – Tabernacle Chapel, Cardiff hosts the first-ever broadcast of the long-running national BBC Television series Songs of Praise.
- 8 November – In a referendum on Sunday opening of public houses, the counties of Anglesey, Cardiganshire, Caernarfonshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire and Pembrokeshire all vote to stay "dry".
- 9 November – Rosemarie Frankland, originally from Rhosllanerchrugog, wins the Miss World title.
- 19 November – During construction of the Severn Bridge three men fall into the river. A rescue boat crewed by two men sets sail from Chepstow, not knowing that the three men have been picked up safely by a ferry, the Severn Princess. Two empty tanker barges coming down from Sharpness collide with the rescue boat, which has no navigation lights. One member of the rescue boat crew is drowned.
- Atlantic College is established at St Donat's.
- The Llyn Celyn reservoir is constructed in the valley of the River Tryweryn in North Wales to provide water for Liverpool, destroying the village of Capel Celyn.
- Gwynfor Evans becomes president of the Celtic League.
- Formation in Pontypridd of the first Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'í Faith entirely of native Welsh Bahá'í.[2]
Arts and literature- Richard Booth opens the first used bookstore in Hay-on-Wye.
- Keith Baxter makes his Broadway debut as King Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons.
Awards- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Rhosllanerchrugog)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Emrys Edwards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – L. Haydn Lewis
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – withheld
New books- Dannie Abse – The Eccentric
- Pennar Davies – Yr Efrydd o Lyn Cynon
- Islwyn Ffowc Elis – Tabyrddau'r Tabongo
- W. J. Gruffydd (Elerydd) – Ffenestri
- Richard Hughes – The Fox in the Attic
- Caradog Prichard – Un Nos Ola Leuad
- Bertrand Russell – Fact and Fiction
- Dave Waldo – Beat the Drum Slowly
- Emlyn Williams – George
- Raymond Williams – The Long Revolution
Music- Alun Hoddinott – Concerto for Piano, Winds and Percussion
Film- Ronald Lewis stars in Scream of Fear and Stop Me Before I Kill.
- Victor Spinetti makes his screen debut in The Gentle Terror.
- Clifford Evans stars in The Curse of the Werewolf.
- Pirates of Tortuga, American adventure based on the Welsh privateer, Henry Morgan
BroadcastingWelsh-language television- Ambell i Gan
- Pwt o'r Papur
- Gair o Gyngor
English-language television- 7 April – The Independent Television Authority invites bids for its west and north Wales licence.[3] On 6 June, the franchise is awarded to the Wales Television Association.
- 20 June – The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, Reginald Bevins, informs the Wales Television Association that approval has been given for an ITA transmitter in the Flint-Denbigh area.
Sport- Boxing – Howard Winstone wins the British featherweight title.
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Bryn Meredith
Births- 24 January – Tarki Micallef, professional footballer
- 26 March – William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales 1995–97[4]
- 7 May – Phil Campbell, rock guitarist
- 1 July – Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 1997)[5]
- 5 July – Gareth Jones ("Gaz Top"), TV presenter
- 7 July – Steve Brace, long-distance runner
- 8 August
- The Edge (David Howell Evans), rock guitarist (in Barking, London, to Welsh parents)
- Simon Weston, war hero
- 18 August – Huw Edwards, newsreader[6]
- 30 August – Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin, charity worker and Labour peer
- 29 September (in Barry) – Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia
- 20 October – Ian Rush, footballer
- 25 November – Nuccia Focile, star of Welsh National Opera
- date unknown
- Ifor ap Glyn, Welsh-language poet and television presenter[7]
- Twm Morys, poet
Deaths- 18 January – William Jones, poet, 64[8]
- 18 April – John Evans, Welsh politician, 85
- 30 April – Charles Williams, academic, 55
- 28 June – Huw Menai, poet, 74[9]
- 3 July – Albert Jenkin, Wales international rugby player, 88
- 13 October – Augustus John, artist, 83[10]
- 20 November – Edwin Thomas Maynard, Wales international rugby player, 83
See alsoReferences1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gloucesterharbourtrustees.org.uk/stoneshistory.pdf |title=A History of Gloucester Harbour Trustees |publisher=Gloucester Harbour Trustees |accessdate=18 May 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424011727/http://www.gloucesterharbourtrustees.org.uk/stoneshistory.pdf |archivedate=24 April 2009 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web|title=UK Bahá'í History|url=http://www.bahai.org.uk/The-Bahai-Faith/UK-Bahai-History/scotlandnireland.html|publisher=UK Bahá'í|accessdate=2012-07-26|archive-url=https://archive.is/20121223195801/http://www.bahai.org.uk/The-Bahai-Faith/UK-Bahai-History/scotlandnireland.html|archive-date=2012-12-23|dead-url=yes|df=}}
3. ^{{cite book|author1=Johnson, Catherine|author2=Turnock, Rob|title=Itv Cultures: Independent Television Over Fifty Years: Independent Television Over Fifty Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vbLlAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA96|date=1 September 2005|publisher=McGraw-Hill Education (UK)|isbn=978-0-335-21729-8|pages=96}}
4. ^{{Who's Who | surname = HAGUE | othernames = Rt Hon. William (Jefferson) | id = U18549 | volume = 2014 | edition = online Oxford University Press}} {{subscription required}}
5. ^{{cite book |last=Morton |first=Andrew |authorlink=Andrew Morton (writer) |year=1997 |origyear=1992 |title=Diana: Her True Story – In Her Own Words |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=0-684-85080-X |pages=70}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U43950/EDWARDS_Huw |title=EDWARDS, Huw |work=Who's Who 2016 online edition |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=2016-01-24 }}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/01/ifor-ap-glyn-national-poet-wales-gillian-clarke|title=A new poet for St David's Day: Ifor ap Glyn appointed national poet of Wales|date=1 March 2016|author=Richard Lea|access-date=12 March 2019}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-WIL-1896|title=Jones, William (1896-1961), poet and minister|author=Brynley Francis Roberts|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=12 March 2019}}
9. ^{{cite book|author=Meic Stephens|title=Poetry 1900-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppf0CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA11|date=1 October 2007|publisher=Summersdale Publishers Limited|isbn=978-1-84839-722-4|pages=11}}
10. ^{{cite book|author1=Augustus John|author2=Malcolm Easton|author3=University of Hull|title=Augustus John: portraits of the artist's family|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TtZLAQAAIAAJ|year=1970|publisher=University of Hull|page=11}}
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