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- Incumbents
- Events
- Arts and literature Awards New books Music
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- Broadcasting Welsh-language radio Television English-language television
- Sport
- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{Year in Wales header|1962}}This article is about the particular significance of the year 1962 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- January–April – An outbreak of smallpox infects 45 people and kills 17 in Cardiff and district; 900,000 people in south Wales are vaccinated against the disease.[1]
- 15 May – Emlyn Hooson wins the Montgomeryshire by-election brought about by the death of Clement Davies. In the run-up to the by-election, the "Elvis Rock" is painted with the graffiti "Elis" by supporters of Plaid Cymru candidate Islwyn Ffowc Elis.
- 20 July – The world's first regular passenger hovercraft service is introduced between Rhyl and Wallasey.
- 4 August – Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, the Welsh Language Society, is founded.[2]
- September – Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, the first Welsh-medium secondary school in south Wales, opens its doors.[3]
- 19 September – Atlantic College opens its doors for the first time at St Donat's Castle, marking the birth of the pioneering United World College educational movement.[4]
- 26 October – Opening of Richard Thomas and Baldwins's new steelworks at Llanwern near Newport.
- 28 October – Chepstow Railway Bridge rebuilding completed.
- Cardiff Zoo opened.[5]
Arts and literature- 21 March – Actress Rachel Roberts marries Rex Harrison in Genoa.
- Welsh National Opera launches a training scheme for singers.
- Dick Francis publishes his first thriller, Dead Cert.
Awards- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llanelli)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Caradog Prichard
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – D. Emlyn Lewis
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – William Owen
New books- Clifford Dyment – The Railway Game
- John Roberts Evans – Ar Drothwy'r Nos
- William Evans (Wil Ifan) – Colofnau Wil Ifan
- Michael Foot – Aneurin Bevan, vol. 1
- Menna Gallie – The Small Mine
- Llewelyn Wyn Griffith – The Adventures of Pryderi
- Oxford Book of Welsh Verse
- Gwyn Thomas – Chwerwder yn y Ffynhonnau
- Norman Thomas – Ask at the Unicorn
- Raymond Williams – Communications
Music- Dilys Elwyn-Edwards – Caneuon y Tri Aderyn
- Alun Hoddinott – Folksong Suite
- William Mathias – Postlude
- Grace Williams – Four Medieval Welsh Poems for alto, harp and harpsichord
- David Wynne – Cymric Rhapsodies
Film- Richard Burton and Donald Houston appear in The Longest Day.
- Peter Greenaway makes his first film: Death of Sentiment.
- Jack Howells makes the short documentary Dylan Thomas featuring Richard Burton.
BroadcastingWelsh-language radio- 13 February – Saunders Lewis gives the Welsh Home Service’s Annual Lecture, entitled Tynged yr Iaith (The Fate of the Language).
Television- 14 September – The first transmitter, at Preseli, of the Teledu Cymru – Wales (West and North) Television service comes on air.
English-language television- 17 September – First edition of the Welsh national news programme BBC Wales Today.
Sport- Football – John Charles returns to Leeds United from several years playing for Italian clubs.
- Golf – Brian Huggett wins the Dutch Open championship.
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Ivor Allchurch
Births- 5 January – Geraint Williams, footballer
- 11 January – Chris Bryant, politician
- 16 January – Bethan Gwanas, Welsh-language writer
- 25 May - Martin Goldsmith, footballer
- 27 June – Michael Ball, singer
- 22 August – Iolo Williams, naturalist and TV presenter
- 28 August – David Melding, politician
- 15 September – Kevin Allen, actor, comedian and film director
- 22 July – Arthur Emyr, rugby player and television presenter and executive
- 22 August – Iolo Williams, naturalist and broadcaster
- 5 September – Peter Wingfield, actor
- 15 October – Mark Ring, rugby player
- 24 October – Jonathan Davies, rugby player
- 11 November - Chris Sander, footballer
- 12 December – John Jones, record producer
- 31 December – Chris Hallam, wheelchair athlete
- date unknown
- Fiona Bennett, composer
- Sioned Wiliam, broadcaster, writer and producer
Deaths- 26 January – George Jeffreys, founder of the Elim Pentecostal Church,[6] 72
- 11 February – John Edward Daniel, theologian, chairman of Plaid Cymru, 59 (road accident)[7]
- 14 February – Ezer Griffiths, physicist, 73
- 27 February – Albert Rhys Williams, Welsh-American journalist, labour organiser, and publicist, 78
- 23 March – Clement Davies, politician, 80
- April – Edgar Morgan, rugby union player, 80
- 25 April – Herbie Baxter, Glamorgan cricketer, 79
- 30 April – Charles Williams, Anglican priest and academic, 55[8]
- 11 May – Eliot Crawshay-Williams, politician and author, 82[9]
- 16 June – Edgar Rees Jones, barrister and politician, 83[10]
- 3 August - Edgar Phillips, poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod, 72
- 23 August - Robert Bye, VC recipient, 72
- 23 September - Margaret Jane Gordon (Lady Gordon), singer, 82
- 5 November (in London) – Percy Cudlipp, journalist, 56
- 30 November – Lewis Pugh Evans, Victoria Cross recipient, 81
- 15 December – Charles Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor, politician, 63
- 17 December – Lonza Bowdler, Wales international rugby player, 61
- 21 December – Gary Hocking, motorcycle road racer, 25 (racing accident)
See alsoReferences1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18365385 |title=BBC News – 1962 south Wales smallpox outbreak memories recorded |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2012-01-13 |accessdate=2012-06-12}}
2. ^{{cite book|title=Llafur: Journal of Welsh Labour History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ua4gAQAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Llafur|page=87}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=The Economist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FqhIAAAAYAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Economist Newspaper Limited|page=294}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticcollege.org|title=UWC Atlantic College|accessdate=2015-12-16}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Closed collections|url=http://www.zoohistory.co.uk/projects/closed_collections|publisher=The Bartlett Society|accessdate=2015-05-24}}
6. ^"Come to Elim" – Healing and Revival
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s2-DANI-EDW-1902.html|title=Daniel, John Edward (1902–1962), college lecturer and inspector of schools |last=Jones|first=Robert Tudur |work=Welsh Biography Online |publisher=National Library of Wales | accessdate=2008-06-04}}
8. ^{{cite news|work=The Times|page=19|date=3 May 1962|title=The Rev. C. S. C. Williams – Chaplain of Merton}}
9. ^{{cite book|title=Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cWkwAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=A. & C. Black|isbn=978-0-7136-6125-5|page=190}}
10. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=izWk161vc9sC&pg=PA75&dq=Edgar+Rees+Jones&hl=en&ei=BkhdTJ3nBILy4gbesvS8Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=Edgar%20Rees%20Jones&f=false|author=Tanner, Duncan|title=Debating nationhood and governance in Britain, 1885–1945: perspectives from the 'four nations'|publisher=Manchester University Press|page=75|year=2006|isbn=0-7190-7166-6}}
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