1976 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1976 to Wales and its people.
Events
- 9 February - The Prince of Wales (now Charles III) becomes commander of HMS Bronington.[4]
- 17 February - Operation Julie is launched; it eventually results in the break-up of one of the largest LSD manufacturing operations in the world.[5]
- March - The Welsh Regional Office of the European Community opens in Cardiff.[6]
- June–September - 1976 United Kingdom heat wave: A very hot summer brings a major drought with water shortages.
- July - Miners’ leader Dai Francis challenges the Prince of Wales (now Charles III), in the election for Chancellor of the University of Wales.
- 25 July - Former Submarine Commander Neil Rutherford, DSC & Bar, murders four people at the Red Gables Hotel in Penmaenmawr.[7][8]
- 4 October - The InterCity 125 high speed train runs for the first time between Swansea railway station and London Paddington.
- 7 December - Swansea-born former fashion model Lilian Davies marries Prince Bertil of Sweden[9] at Drottningholm Palace after a 30-year relationship.
- date unknown - David Emanuel marries Elizabeth Weiner.[10]
Arts and literature
- May 27 - Actor Stanley Baker is given a knighthood in the Prime Minister's Resignation Honours, a few months before his death.[11]
- August - Dic Jones loses the National Eisteddfod chair on a technicality.
- October - Mistar Urdd is created by Wynne Melville Jones.[12]
- unknown date - Griff Rhys Jones becomes Vice-President of the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club.[13]
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardigan)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Alan Llwyd
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Alan Llwyd
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Marged Prichard
New books
English language
- Ruth Bidgood - Not Without Homage
- Glyn Davies - Overseas Investment In Wales
- Kenneth O. Morgan - Keir Hardie
- Bernice Rubens - I Sent a Letter to My Love
Welsh language
- John Emyr - Enaid Clwyfus[14]
- Alun Llywelyn-Williams - Gwanwyn yn y Ddinas
- Owain Owain - Y Dydd Olaf
Poetry
- J. M. Edwards - Cerddi Ddoe a Heddiw - Egin
- Donald Evans
- Geraint Jarman - Cerddi Alfred Street
- Gwilym R. Jones - Y Syrcas a Cherddi Eraill
New drama
- John Gwilym Jones - Gobaith Mawr y Ganrif
Music
- Edward H. Dafis - 'Sneb yn Becso Dam
- Alun Hoddinott - Murder the Magician (opera)
- Dafydd Iwan - Mae'r Darnau yn Disgyn i'w Lle (album)
- Geraint Jarman - Gobaith Mawr y Ganrif (album)
- Daniel Jones - Dance Fantasy
- Man - The Welsh Connection
- Bonnie Tyler - "Lost in France" (debut single)
Film
Welsh-language films
- Y Dieithryn, produced by Emlyn Williams
Broadcasting
- Sir Huw Wheldon is knighted for his services to broadcasting.
Welsh-language television
- Seren Wib, presented by Emyr Glasnant and Sharon Morgan[15]
- Tybed? with Marged Esli
- Mae Gen i Stori
Welsh language radio
- Tros Fy Sbectol
English-language television
- How Green Was My Father: a Welsh Odyssey for 1976, with Ryan Davies and Max Boyce[16]
Sport
- Football – The Wales national football team plays in the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 1976.
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Mervyn Davies and the Wales national rugby union team.[17]
- Rugby union – Wales win their seventh Grand Slam.
- Snooker
- 30 January – Ray Reardon wins the Masters.[18]
- 23 April – Ray Reardon wins his fifth World Championship title.[18]
Births
- 14 January - Scott Young, footballer
- 6 April - James Fox, singer
- 8 May - Ian Watkins, pop singer
- 13 May - Mark Delaney, footballer
- 16 June - Cian Ciaran, musician
- 25 June - Iestyn Harris, rugby player[19]
- 14 July - Geraint Jones, cricketer
- 9 August - Aled Haydn-Jones, radio producer
- 1 November - Buffy Williams, politician
- 7 November - Andrew Davies, cricketer
- 20 December – Adam Powell, inventor
- date unknown - Steffan Cravos, musician and language activist