1958 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1958 to Wales and its people.

1958
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:
1958 in
The United Kingdom
Ireland
Scotland

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ebbw Vale)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – T. Llew Jones, "Caerllion ar Wysg"[5]
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Llywelyn Jones, "Cymod"[6]
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Edward Cynolwyn Pugh, "Hunangofiant: Ei Ffanffer ei Hun"[7]

New books

English language

Welsh language

New drama

Music

Film

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

  • Commercial TV becomes available in Wales, broadcasting some Welsh-language programmes, such as Amser Te.[15]

English-language television

Sports

  • British Empire and Commonwealth Games (held in Cardiff):
    • Wales' single gold medal is won by Howard Winstone in the bantamweight boxing competition.
    • Silver medals are won by: John Merriman (6 miles), Malcolm Collins (featherweight boxing), and Robert Higgins (light-heavyweight boxing).
    • Due to being on National Service in the British Army, Swansea fighter Brian Curvis competed in the games for England, winning a bronze medal at welterweight.
  • Football – Wales reaches the quarter-finals of the World Cup, being knocked out by a goal from Pelé.
  • Gymnastics – Margaret Neale of Cardiff is the British Women's Champion for the second year running.
  • BBC Wales Sports Personality of the YearHoward Winstone

Births

Deaths

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See also

References

  1. "Vivian Teed - the last man hanged in Wales". www.capitalpunishmentuk.org. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  3. "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  4. "Winners of the Prose Medal". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  5. Peter Bryant; Peter George (1958). Red Alert. Ace Books, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-59654-582-3.
  6. "BBC - North West Wales Arts -Emyr Humphreys". BBC Wales. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  7. Mulhern, Francis (January–February 2009). "Culture and Society, Then and Now". New Left Review. New Left Review. II (55).
  8. National Library of Wales (1969). Annual Report - National Library of Wales. p. 39.
  9. National Library of Wales; Meic Stephens (1 January 1973). A reader's guide to Wales: a selected bibliography. National Book League. p. 38.
  10. Meic Stephens (1998). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru. University of Wales Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
  11. Randel Don (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.
  12. TWW
  13. Andy Farrell (2 April 1997). "Famous five on the 40th fairway". The Independent. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  14. "Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas". Endole. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  15. Comic Paul tells of talent change Wales on Sunday – 28 October 2007
  16. Valerie Passmore (2005). Dod's Parliamentary Companion: Guide to the General Election, 2005. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-905702-57-5.
  17. Screen International Film and TV Year Book. Screen International, King Publications Limited. 1990. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-900925-21-4.
  18. B.C. Indian Authority Dies" (obituary for William Beynon). Vancouver, B.C., Province, February 11, 1958, p. 28.
  19. The Encyclopedia Americana. Americana Corp. 1980. p. 451.
  20. Davies, Thomas Gruffydd (2001). "Jones, Alfred Ernest". In Roberts, Brynley F. (ed.). The Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Aberystwyth, Wales: National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  21. Melfyn Richard Williams. "Davies, Rhisiart Morgan (1903-1958), scientist and professor of physics". The Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Aberystwyth, Wales: National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  22. Gerald Norris (June 1981). A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland. David & Charles. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-7153-7845-8.
  23. Fred Booth player profile Scrum.com
  24. Jones, Evan David. "Thomas, Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda (1883-1958), author, editor and chairperson of companies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  25. Obituary, The Times, 16 October 1958
  26. Ontario Reports: Reports of Cases Determined in the Courts of Ontario. Canada Law Book. 1966.
  27. Neil Evans, "(Florence) Rose Davies" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press 2011): accessed 1 April 2016; doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70090
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