See also 1944 in Wales, other events of 1945, 1946 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in Wales pages. ...

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - vacant
• Princess of Wales - vacant
• Archbishop of Wales - David Lewis Prosser

The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ... Princess of Wales is a courtesy title held by the wife of the Prince of Wales since the first English Prince of Wales in 1282. ... The Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion was created in 1920, as the Church in Wales, independent from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part). ...

Events

• March 7 - The German submarine U-1302 is sunk off St David's Head.
• March 10 - Sixty-seven German prisoners-of-war tunnel to freedom from Camp 198 in Bridgend --the biggest escape attempt by German P.O.W.s in the UK during the Second World War.
• April 30 - The German submarines U-242 and U-325 are sunk off the Skerries.
• May 15 - At the Neath by-election, a Trotskyist canidate contests the constituency, the first time in any UK election.
• July 5 - for the last time in a UK General Election, a candidate in Wales is elected unopposed - Will John, Labour MP for Rhondda West.
• October 8 - Rudolf Hess is flown to Nuremberg to stand trial, ending his three-year internment at Maindiff Court Military Hospital, Abergavenny.
• Closure of the Benallt manganese mine, near Aberdaron.

March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in leap years). ... Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a town in the traditional county of Glamorgan and the main town in the county borough of Bridgend in south Wales. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... Neath (Welsh: Castell-Nedd) is a town and community with a population of approximately 45,898, located on the river of the same name (Welsh: Afon Nedd) in the traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... Will John (born June 13, 1985 in Overland Park, Kansas) is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (282nd in leap years). ... Rudolf Hess. ... Abergavenny (Welsh: ), meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. ... General Name, Symbol, Number manganese, Mn, 25 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 7, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Atomic mass 54. ... The bridge at Afon Daron and Afon Cyll-y-felin Aberdaron is a small fishing village at the tip of Waless northern peninsula, the Lleyn. ...

Arts and literature

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Rhosllanerchrugog)

• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Tom Parri Jones
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - withheld
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld

Rhosllanerchrugog or Rhosllannerchrugog is a village lying five miles south-west of Wrexham, north-east Wales. ...

New books

• D. Gwenallt Jones - Detholiad o Ryddiaith Gymraeg R. J. Derfel
• Huw Menai - The Simple Vision

Music

• Ivor Novello - Perchance to Dream

Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies (January 15, 1893 – March 6, 1951), better known as Ivor Novello, was one of the most popular entertainers of the early 20th century. ... “Perchance to Dream” is an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone. ...

Film

• Ray Milland wins an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Lost Weekend.

Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend Ray Milland (January 3, 1905 – March 10, 1986) was a successful Welsh actor and director who worked primarily in the United States. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Lost Weekend is a 1945 motion picture directed by Billy Wilder for Paramount Pictures, starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry. ...

Broadcasting

Sports

• Football - The first post-war match between Wales and England ends in a 1 - 0 victory for Wales.

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Births

• January 6 - Barry John, rugby player
• February 19 - Huw Llywelyn Davies, broadcaster
• March 31 - Myfanwy Talog, actress
• September 7 - Max Boyce, entertainer
• date unknown - Mike German, politician

January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Barry John (born 6 January 1945 in Cefneithin, Wales) is a Welsh rugby union footballer, considered by many to be the greatest fly-half in the sports history. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... Max Boyce, MBE (born 7 September 1945) is a Welsh comedian and singer, who came to national fame during the mid-1970s as a result of the phenomenal success of the Welsh rugby team of that period. ... Michael German (born 1945) is leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales East region. ...

Deaths

• March 26 - David Lloyd George, politician
• date unknown - John Lloyd Williams, botanist
• date unknown - Caradoc Evans, author
• date unknown - Sir Thomas Lewis, cardiologist
• date unknown - Edward Prosser Rhys, journalist and poet
• Sir William Thomas, industrialist (Trethomas)