1974 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1974 to Wales and its people.

1974
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:
1974 in
The United Kingdom
England
Ireland
Scotland

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

  • Kyffin Williams is elected to the Royal Academy.
  • Andrew Vicari is appointed official painter to the Saudi royal family.
  • The Cory Brass Band is the first Welsh band to win the British National Championship.
  • The BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra achieves full symphony status.
  • Foundation of the Welsh Jazz Society.
  • Journalist Hugh Cudlipp is created Baron Cudlipp of Aldingbourne.
  • Glyn Daniel becomes Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge.

Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Carmarthen)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Moses Glyn Jones
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - William George
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Dafydd Ifans

English language

Welsh language

Music

Film

Welsh-language films

  • None

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

English-language television

  • Richard Burton is banned from BBC productions after complaints about his derogatory comments about Winston Churchill and others in power during World War II.
  • Windsor Davies makes his first appearance as Sergeant Major Williams in It Ain't Half Hot Mum.

Sport

Births

Deaths


See also

References

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