This article is about the particular significance of the year 1987 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- 12 January - The lowest daytime maximum temperature ever recorded in Wales (âÂÂ8.0 ðC) is recorded at Trecastle, Powys.
- 12 February - The Roman Catholic Church in Wales creates a new Diocese of Wrexham and moves the Diocese of Menevia to Swansea.
- 5 March - The High Court declares Dorothy Squires a vexatious litigant.
- 15 March - Roy Jenkins is elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
- 14 April - Oakwood Leisure Park opens near Narberth, Pembrokeshire.
- 7 May - District council elections take place across Wales (and England). The Conservatives lose control of Cardiff City Council.
- 24 May - Neil Kinnock is interviewed by David Frost about Labour's defence policy and plans for government.
- 28 May - The Mametz Wood Memorial, sculpted by David Petersen, is unveiled in Cardiff.
- 11 June - In the general election
- Plaid Cymru's Ieuan Wyn Jones wins the seat of Ynys Môn from the Conservatives. Plaid retain their other two parliamentary seats.
- Alun Michael replaces James Callaghan as MP for Cardiff South.
- Labour's Paul Flynn wins back Newport West from the Conservatives.
- 11 July - The Mametz Wood Memorial is dedicated at the site of the Royal Welch Fusiliers battle of 1916 in France.
- 5 October - Keith Best, former Conservative MP for Ynys Môn, having been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for share-dealing activities, has his sentence quashed by the Court of Appeal after serving five days.
- 19 October - Four people are killed in the Glanrhyd Bridge collapse, when a train falls into the swollen River Tywi, as a result of the flooding that affects many parts of Wales.
- 20 November - Roy Jenkins becomes Baron Jenkins of Hillhead.
- 22 November - The Welsh language is used within the Vatican for the first time on an official occasion, as part of a beatification ceremony for three Welsh martyrs.
- date unknown
- Creation of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
- Chris Loyn establishes the architectural practice Loyn & Co in Penarth.
- The National Trust buys Dinefwr Park in Llandeilo, including the deer park.
Arts and literature
Awards
New books
English language
Welsh language
Music
Film
Broadcasting
English-language radio
Welsh-language television
Sport
Births
- 9 January - Bradley Davies, rugby union player
- 21 January - Joe Ledley, footballer
- 24 January - Wayne Hennessey, footballer
- 14 February - Lee Selby, World champion boxer
- 24 March - Rob Davies, footballer
- 27 March - Adam Davies, footballer
- April - Hannah Stone, harpist
- 8 May - Aneurin Barnard, actor
- 23 August - Alexandra Roach, actress
- 4 September - Mike O'Shea, cricketer
- 29 September - Claire Williams, athlete
- 21 October - Steph Davies, cricketer
- 30 November - Victoria Thornley, Olympic rower
Deaths
- 5 January - Brinley Williams, Wales dual-code rugby international, 91
- 21 January - Donald Holroyde Hey, chemist, 83
- 4 February - Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, writer and broadcaster, 78
- 7 March - E. D. Jones, librarian, 83
- 4 April - Richard Ithamar Aaron, philosopher, 85
- 13 April - Alfred Evans, Labour MP, 73
- 19 April - Stan Richards, footballer, 70
- 22 May - Keidrych Rhys, poet and editor
- 22 June - William Price, footballer, 83
- 20 August - Dorothy Rees, politician, 89
- 4 September - Richard Marquand, film director, 49 (stroke)
- 11 September - Hugh David, television director, 62
- 25 September - Emlyn Williams, dramatist and actor, 81
- 5 November - Howard Davies, rugby player, 70
- date unknown - Clifford Williams, politician, Labour MP for Abertillery 1965âÂÂ1970
See also
Notes