1994 in Wales

Incumbents

• Secretary of State for Wales – John Redwood
• Archbishop of Wales – Alwyn Rice Jones, Bishop of St Asaph
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – John Gwilym Jones

Events

• 26 January – A man fires two blank shots at the Prince of Wales (now Charles III), during the prince's visit to Sydney, Australia.
• 10 February – An earthquake shock measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale is experienced within a 50-mile radius of the epicentre near Bangor, Wales.
• 18 March – An earthquake shock measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale is experienced within a 30-mile radius of the epicentre near Newtown, Montgomeryshire.
• 1 April – At Coney Beach Pleasure Park, Porthcawl, a 9-year-old boy is killed after being flung off the 58-year-old "Water Chute" ride when a steel hoop collapses in wet and windy conditions and falls onto the open-topped carriage in which he is travelling.
• 29 June – In a televised interview with Jonathan Dimbleby, the Prince of Wales admits having committed adultery after the breakdown of his marriage.
• 19 July – Glenys Kinnock is elected to the European Parliament.
• 24 July – Explosion at Pembroke Refinery injures 26.
• 28 August – Sunday trading becomes legal in England and Wales for the first time.
• 10 September – Bryn Terfel is guest soloist at the Last Night of the Proms in London.
• Dr Elizabeth Haywood is the first winner of the Welsh Woman of the Year award.
• Miners at the Tower Colliery in South Wales, led by Tyrone O'Sullivan, set up TEBO (Tower Employees Buy-Out) to try to save their mine.
• Work begins on the Cardiff Bay barrage.
• St Davids (population 2,000) is restored to city status in the United Kingdom at the request of the Queen, confirmed by letters patent presented on 1 June 1995.

Arts and literature

• Foundation of the Harlech Biennale visual arts festival.

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Neath)
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Emyr Lewis, "Chwyldro"
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Gerwyn Williams, "Dolenni"
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Robin Llywelyn, O'r Harbwr Gwag i'r Cefnfor Gwyn
• Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Eirug Wyn
• Wales Book of the Year:
  • English language: Paul Ferris, Caitlin
  • Welsh language: Robin Chapman, W. J. Gruffydd
• Aventis Prize – Steve Jones, The Language of the Genes
• Glyndŵr Award – Ian Parrott (composer)

New books

English language

• John Davies – A History of Wales
• Jonathan Dimbleby – The Prince of Wales: a Biography
• Mike Jenkins – Graffiti Narratives
• John May – Reference Wales
• Jenny Rees – Looking for Mr Nobody; The Secret Life of Goronwy Rees

Welsh language

• Donald Evans – Wrth Reddf
• Bobi Jones – Crist a Chenedlaetholdeb (Christ and Nationalism)
• Esyllt T. Lawrence - Cyn y Wawr
• Mihangel Morgan - Te Gyda'r Frenhines

New music

• Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Tatay (album)
• Karl Jenkins - Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary

Film

• Keith Allen plays the mysterious lodger in Shallow Grave.

Welsh-language films

• Branwen (Ceri Sherlock)
• Hedd Wyn
• Tân ar y Comin (premièred 1 January on S4C television)
• Ymadawiad Arthur

Music

• John Cale performs a spoken-word duet with Suzanne Vega on the song "The Long Voyage" on Hector Zazou's album Chansons des mers froides.
• Shakin' Stevens gives up recording.

Albums

• Bryn Fôn – Dyddiau Di-gymar
• Dafydd Iwan – Caneuon Gwerin

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

• Gogs (animation)
• Gwalia yng Nghasia (documentary)
• Yr Heliwr ("A Mind to Kill") (drama)
• Pengelli
• Uned 5 (children's)

English-language television

• Wales Tonight (HTV)

Sport

• BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Steve Robinson
• Commonwealth Games – The Wales team wins a total of 19 medals, including five golds (Colin Jackson, 110m hurdles; Neil Winter, pole vault; Michael Jay, rapid-fire pistol; David Morgan, middleweight weightlifting snatch and overall middleweight title).
• Football – Vinnie Jones is chosen to captain the Wales international side.
• Golf – Ian Woosnam wins the British Masters tournament.

Births

• 7 February – Nathan Walker, Welsh-Australian ice hockey player
• 30 June – Rhys Jones, sprinter
• 2 July – Jessica Leigh Jones, engineer
• 7 September – Elinor Barker, cyclist
• 6 October – Joe Woolford, singer
• date unknown – Rhys Morgan, health blogger

Deaths

• 1 January – Allen Forward, Wales international rugby union player, 72
• 23 March – Donald Swann, musician, 70
• 30 April – Herbert Bowden, Baron Aylestone, politician, 89
• 21 May – Cliff Wilson, snooker player, 60
• 31 May – Tom Lewis, Wales international rugby union player, 89
• 27 June – Jeremy Brooks, novelist, poet and dramatist, 67
• 24 July – Aubrey Davies, cricketer, 79
• 29 July – William Mathias, composer, 57
• 31 July – Caitlin Macnamara, widow of Dylan Thomas, 80
• 23 August – Wat Jones, cricketer, 77
• 1 September – Dr Roger Thomas, politician, 68
• 4 October – F. Gwendolen Rees, zoologist, 88
• 9 October – Idris Hopkins, footballer, 83
• 17 October – Gus Risman, rugby league player, 83
• 28 October – Steve Curtis, boxer, 45
• 6 December – Alun Owen, screenwriter, 69
• 12 December – Stuart Evans, writer, 60
• 29 December – Jack Rippon, cricketer, 76
• 31 December – Harri Webb, poet, 74
• date unknown
  • Colin Edwards, writer, 69/70
  • Elisabeth Inglis-Jones, writer, 93/4

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