This article is about the particular significance of the year 1967 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- 20 February â The first Royal Mail postbus in Britain runs between Llanidloes and Llangurig.
- April â Rhodri Morgan marries fellow Welsh Labour MP Julie Edwards.
- 13 April â Tri-annual county council elections take place across Wales.
- 5 May â The Brynglas Tunnels on the M4 motorway by-passing Newport are opened.
- 8 May â Local elections take place across the county boroughs and districts, with the Labour Party losing its majority on Ebbw Vale Urban Council for the first time in 30 years.
- 27 July â The Welsh Language Act 1967 allows the use of Welsh in legal proceedings and official documents, and repeals the Wales and Berwick Act 1746, which had officially defined Wales as part of England.
- 7 August â Two men and a boy are drowned in the Dyfi estuary.
- 25âÂÂ27 August â The Beatles, along with Mick Jagger, Cilla Black, and Jane Asher, come to Bangor to attend a seminar by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Transcendental Meditation. Their visit is cut short by the shock news of manager Brian Epstein's death.
- 2 October â The new Passport Office opens in Newport as part of a United Kingdom government effort to move government offices into the regions.
- 25 October - Foot and Mouth Disease breaks out in North Wales and parts of England.
- November - HM Land Registry opens an office in Swansea.
- 18 December â Newtown, Montgomeryshire, is designated as a New Town. The River Severn is re-channelled to prevent the town becoming further damaged by floods.
- date unknown
- The Gittins Report on Primary Education in Wales recommends that "every child should be given sufficient opportunity to be reasonably bilingual by the end of the primary stage".
- Merched y Wawr is founded in the village of Parc near Bala, by language campaigner Zonia Bowen, after the Women's Institute refused to allow the Welsh language to be used.
- The University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) in Cardiff is incorporated by charter; it later becomes part of the University of Wales.
- The former Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent, RAF Caerwent weapons storage facility, is transferred to United States administration.
- The Clywedog Reservoir is completed.
- Francis Jones is appointed to the newly-formed Prince of Wales ' Investiture Committee.
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bala)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair â Emrys Roberts, "Y Gwyddonydd"
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown â Eluned Phillips, "Corlannau"
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal â withheld
New books
English language
Welsh language
New drama
Music
Film
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
English-language television
Sport
Births
- 7 February â Richie Burnett, darts player
- 16 February â Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely, politician
- 18 February â Colin Jackson CBE, athlete
- 22 February â Wayne Curtis, footballer
- 1 March â Steffan Rhodri, screen actor
- 21 March â Carwyn Jones, politician
- 27 March â Bob Morgan, Olympic diver
- 5 April â Andy Allen, rugby player
- 8 April â Arwyn Davies, Welsh actor
- 10 May â Jon Ronson, journalist and documentary filmmaker
- 9 July
- Julie Thomas, lawn bowler
- Richard Webster, rugby player
- 22 July â Rhys Ifans, actor and musician
- 7 September â Steve James, cricketer
- 13 October â Steve O'Shaughnessy, footballer
- 27 October â Jason Gummer, footballer
- 12 November â Grant Nicholas, musician
- 18 November â Zoë Skoulding, poet and musician
- 27 November â Geraint Rees, neurologist
- date unknown
- Robert Huw Morgan, organist and choral conductor
Deaths
- 7 January
- Vince Griffiths, rugby player, 65
- Sir Frederick Rees, Welsh historian and academic, 83
- 15 January â Sir Cyril Fox, archaeologist, 84
- 22 January
- Idris Bell, papyrologist and author, 87
- Mary Myfanwy Wood, missionary, 84
- 28 January â Cliff Davies, Wales international rugby player, 47
- 2 February â Griffith Griffith, Presbyterian leader, 83
- 14 February â Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, politician, 70
- 18 February â Gwynno James, Dean of Brecon, 54
- 7 March â Percy Morris, trade unionist and politician, 73
- 11 March
- Rupert Davies, Welsh-Canadian author, editor, newspaper publisher, and politician, 87
- Ivor Rees, Victoria Cross recipient, 73
- 26 April â W. J. A. Davies, rugby player, 76
- 5 May â Owen Thomas Jones, geologist, 89
- 27 June â David Thomas, educationalist, writer and politician, 86
- 29 July â Jack Wetter, Wales international rugby union captain, 79
- 30 July â George Littlewood Hirst, Wales international rugby player, 77
- 15 September
- Rhys Gabe, Wales international rugby union captain, 87
- Enid Wyn Jones, nurse, 68
- 18 September â William Davies, dual-code rugby player, 76
- 8 October â Vernon Watkins, poet, 61
- 9 October â Edward Tegla Davies, clergyman and writer, 87
- 22 October â William Joseph Rhys, writer, 87
- 29 October â Bobbie Williams, rugby player, 71?
- 2 November â Robert John Rowlands ("Meuryn"), poet, 87
- 25 November â Tom Parker, Welsh international rugby union captain, 76
- 11 December â Florrie Evans, revivalist and missionary, 82
- 12 December â Tommy Bamford, footballer, 62
- 30 December â Ronald Lewis, operatic baritone, 51 (cancer)
- 31 December â Watkin William Price, historian and activist, 94
- date unknown
- Len Apsey, footballer, 57
- Colin Jones, artist, 38
See also
References