1996 in Wales

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Decades:	1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1996 in The United Kingdom England Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1996 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Prince of Wales – Charles
Princess of Wales – Diana (until 28 August divorce)
Secretary of State for Wales – William Hague
Archbishop of Wales – Alwyn Rice Jones, Bishop of St Asaph
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
- John Gwilym Jones (outgoing)
- Dafydd Rowlands (incoming)

Events

1 January - Michael German is awarded the OBE for his public and political service.[1]
15 February - The Sea Empress, an oil tanker, runs aground off Milford Haven, causing devastation to the west Wales coastline.[2]
1 April - The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 comes into force, creating 22 unitary authorities.[3]
3 April - The first EuroHowl is held in Aberystwyth, Wales.
29 June - The Prince's Trust concert in Hyde Park, London is attended by 150,000 people.[4]
18 July - Howard Hughes is sentenced to life imprisonment at Chester Crown Court for the rape and murder of 7-year-old Sophie Hook at Llandudno 12 months previously. The trial judge recommends that Hughes, 31, should never be released.[5]
28 August - The Prince and Princess of Wales, are formally divorced at the High Court of Justice in London, the first time in history that a Prince of Wales has successfully gone through a divorce. By negotiation, Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales is restyled, Diana, Princess of Wales.
November - The Owain Glyndŵr Society is founded.
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- The Church in Wales ordains its first women priests.
- South Wales Constabulary changes its name to South Wales Police.

Arts and literature

Sir Anthony Hopkins opens the Cliff Tucker Theatre at the University of Wales, Lampeter.
Alice Thomas Ellis is dismissed as a columnist on the Catholic Herald newspaper because of her attack on the reputation of the late Archbishop Derek Worlock.
Steve Balsamo stars in a West End revival of Jesus Christ Superstar.

Awards

Glyndŵr Award - Jan Morris
National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ffairfach, near Llandeilo)
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - R. O. Williams[6]
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - David John Pritchard[7]
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld
Wales Book of the Year:
- English language: Nigel Jenkins, Gwalia in Khasia
- Welsh language:
Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Eirug Wyn, Smoc Gron Bach

New books

Ron Berry - This Bygone
Ruth Bidgood - The Fluent Moment
Gillian Clarke - The Whispering Room
Keith Kissack - The Lordship, Parish and Borough of Monmouth
Howard Marks - Mr Nice
Kenneth Morris - The Dragon Path
Tim Rishton - Liturgisk orgelspill

Film

Prince Valiant filmed at Gwrych Castle.

Welsh-language films

Music

John Cale - Walking on Locusts
Peter Maxwell Davies - The Doctor of Myddfai (opera)
Gillian Elisa - Rhywbeth yn y Glas.
Karl Jenkins - Diamond Music
Donna Lewis - Now in a Minute
Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic.

Broadcasting

The Broadcasting Act 1996 changes the funding formula for S4C.

Welsh-language television

Heno (Welsh-language news programme, broadcast until 2001 and returned in 2012).

English-language television

Barry Welsh is Coming
In the Blood, presented by Steve Jones

Sport

Football
- The Welsh Football Trust is founded.
- Llansantffraid F.C. win the Welsh Cup and are offered sponsorship by Total Network Solutions.
Snooker
- Mark Williams wins the Welsh Open tournament in Cardiff.[8]

Births

25 February - Laura Halford, rhythmic gymnast
17 May - Seb Davies, rugby player
25 July - Jarrod Evans, rugby player
1 August - Gemma Evans, footballer
14 September - Shaun Evans, rugby player
2 October - Keston Davies, footballer
28 November - Owen Evans, footballer

Deaths

16 January - Dai Ward, footballer, 61
7 March - Aled Eames, historian, 74[9]
11 March - Sir Granville Beynon, physicist, 81[10]
14 March - Dewi Bebb, Wales rugby union player, 57[11]
16 March - Harry Peacock, Wales rugby union player, 87
14 April - Mervyn Levy, artist and critic, 81[12]
7 May - Taffy Williams, soldier, 62
27 July - Billy Rees, footballer, 72
29 August - Dillwyn Thomas, cricketer, 91
5 September - Clem Thomas, rugby player, 67
24 September - I. E. S. Edwards, Egyptologist, 87
26 October - Huw Owen, theologian and academic, 69[13]
10 November - Dafydd Orwig, politician and academic, 68[14]
9 December
- Diana Morgan, playwright and screenwriter, 86
- Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor, 83[15]
29 December - Pennar Davies, poet and theologian, 85
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- Thomas Nathaniel Davies, artist and teacher[16]
- Thomas David Frank Evans, WWII prisoner-of-war
- Harry Hanford, footballer, 88
- Thyrza Anne Leyshon, painter, 103

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References

"No. 54255". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1995. p. 11.
"In detail: The Sea Empress disaster". BBC News. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
Neil Hawke (17 October 2013). Introduction to Administrative Law. Routledge. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-135-35177-9.
Geoffrey Giuliano (2002). Behind Blue Eyes: The Life of Pete Townshend. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-8154-1070-6.
"Life for child murderer". Financial Times. London. 19 July 1996. p. 1. ProQuest 248284536. (subscription required)
BBC - Eisteddfod Chair Winners. Accessed 26 August 2013
BBC - Eisteddfod Crown Winners. Accessed 26 August 2013
"Regal Welsh". snooker.org. 21 April 2012.
Basil Greenhill (15 March 1996). "Obituary:Aled Eames". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
John Meurig Thomas (16 March 1996). "Obituary:Professor Sir Granville Beynon". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
Robert Cole (15 March 1996). "Obituary:Dewi Bebb". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
Ceri Levy (17 May 1996). "Obituary:Mervyn Levy". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
Knibb, Michael (2 December 1996). "Obituary: The Rev Professor Huw Parri Owen". The Independent. findarticles.com. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
D. Ben Rees (21 November 1996). "Obituary:Dafydd Orwig". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
Who was who. St. Martin's Press. 1996. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-312-29366-6.
Philip Vann (2004). Face to Face: British Self-portraits in the Twentieth Century. Sansom. p. 143.

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[1] "No. 54255". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1995. p. 11.

[2] "In detail: The Sea Empress disaster". BBC News. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[3] Neil Hawke (17 October 2013). Introduction to Administrative Law. Routledge. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-135-35177-9.

[4] Geoffrey Giuliano (2002). Behind Blue Eyes: The Life of Pete Townshend. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-8154-1070-6.

[5] "Life for child murderer". Financial Times. London. 19 July 1996. p. 1. ProQuest 248284536. (subscription required)

[6] BBC - Eisteddfod Chair Winners. Accessed 26 August 2013

[7] BBC - Eisteddfod Crown Winners. Accessed 26 August 2013

[8] "Regal Welsh". snooker.org. 21 April 2012.

[9] Basil Greenhill (15 March 1996). "Obituary:Aled Eames". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

[10] John Meurig Thomas (16 March 1996). "Obituary:Professor Sir Granville Beynon". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

[11] Robert Cole (15 March 1996). "Obituary:Dewi Bebb". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

[12] Ceri Levy (17 May 1996). "Obituary:Mervyn Levy". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

[13] Knibb, Michael (2 December 1996). "Obituary: The Rev Professor Huw Parri Owen". The Independent. findarticles.com. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

[14] D. Ben Rees (21 November 1996). "Obituary:Dafydd Orwig". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

[15] Who was who. St. Martin's Press. 1996. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-312-29366-6.

[16] Philip Vann (2004). Face to Face: British Self-portraits in the Twentieth Century. Sansom. p. 143.