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See also 1963 in Wales, other events of 1964, 1965 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. See also 1962 in Wales, other events of 1963, 1964 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. ...
1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...
This page indexes the individual year in Wales pages. ...
Incumbents
The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ...
The Prince of Wales The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor) (born 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ...
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 post of Secretary of State for Wales came into existence in October of 1964, the first incumbent being Jim Griffiths, MP for Llanelli. ...
James Jim Griffiths (1890-1975) was a Welsh Labour politician, the prime mover in the establishment of the Welsh Office. ...
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 October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Welsh Office building in Whitehall, London The Welsh Office was a department in the Government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Wales. ...
Arts and literature
Awards - National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Swansea)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Bryn Williams
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Rhydwen Williams
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Rhiannon Davies Jones
The Gold Medal for Poetry, originally instituted by King George V, is awarded in some years on 23 April, for a book of verse written by a United Kingdom or British Commonwealth citizen; before 1985 it was awarded only to British writers (this rule clearly not having hardened by 1940). ...
Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000) was a Welsh poet and Anglican Clergyman, noted for his nationalism and spirituality. ...
Swansea (Welsh: , mouth of the Tawe) is a city and county in South Wales in the United Kingdom, situated on the coast immediately to the east of the Gower Peninsula. ...
New books Saunders Lewis (John Saunders Lewis), (1893-1895), was a Welsh poet, dramatist, historian, literary critic and political activist. ...
Caradog Prichard (1904-1980) was a Welsh poet and novelist writing in Welsh. ...
Howard Spring (1889-1965) was a Welsh author. ...
Raymond Williams (31 August 1921 - 26 January 1988) was a highly influential Welsh academic, novelist and critic. ...
Music The Welsh baritone Geraint Llewellyn Evans (16 February 1922 – 19 September 1992) was a well-known opera singer, noted for such roles as Papageno in The Magic Flute, Falstaff, and title-role of Wozzeck, among others. ...
, The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Józef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ...
Film Richard Burton in the movie Cleopatra (1963) Richard Burton CBE (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. ...
The Casa Iguana hotel in Mismaloya The Night of the Iguana is a play by Tennessee Williams about American tourists in Mexico. ...
Victor Spinetti is a Welsh comic actor. ...
The Beatles were an English pop and rock music group from Liverpool, who continue to be held in the very highest regard for their artistic achievements, their huge commercial success, and their ground-breaking role in the history of popular music. ...
This article is about the film. ...
Broadcasting BBC Wales (or BBC Cymru) is the regional branch of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales, and is based at Broadcasting House in Cardiff, not to be confused with Broadcasting House in London, which is the headquarters of BBC Radio. ...
Welsh language television
English language television
Sports - Olympic Games - Lynn Davies wins the gold medal in the men's long jump.
- Rugby union - The Welsh national side makes its first overseas tour, to South Africa.
- Tennis - Gerald Battrick wins the British and French junior championships.
- Welsh Sports Personality of the Year - Lynn Davies
For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ...
Lynn Davies (born May 20, 1942 in Nantymoel, Wales) was captain of the British Olympic long jump team in 1968; he won a gold medal in the event in 1964. ...
General phase play in rugby union. ...
A tennis net Tennis is a sport played between either two players (Singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a ball, a hollow rubber ball covered in felt, over a net into the opponents court. ...
Births February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Dewi Morris (pronounced Dowee, born 9 February 1964 in Crickhowell, Wales) is a former English rugby union footballer who played scrum half. ...
March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ...
A great winger for Wales in the 1990s, who marked his last days with a British Lions tour to South Africa in 1997. ...
September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ...
Steven Llewellyn Watkin (born 15 September 1964 in Duffryn Rhondda, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales) was a cricketer with Glamorgan County Cricket Club and England. ...
November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Sian Mary Williams (born November 28, 1964 in Eastbourne, Sussex) is a television presenter for the BBC. Prior to her broadcasting career she spent more than a decade in radio as a producer for news and current affairs programmes. ...
December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Lowri Turner (born 31 December 1964 in London, England) is a British television presenter. ...
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