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Encyclopedia > 1994 in Wales

See also: 1993 in Wales, other events of 1994, 1995 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. See also: 1992 in Wales, other events of 1993 , 1994 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... See also: 1994 in Wales, other events of 1995, 1996 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. ... This page indexes the individual year in Wales pages. ...

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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 Lady Diana Frances Spencer (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Spencer) (July 1, 1961–August 31, 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. ... The post of Secretary of State for Wales came into existence in October of 1964, the first incumbent being Jim Griffiths, MP for Llanelli. ... John Redwood The Right Honourable Dr. John Alan Redwood (born June 15, 1951 in Dover, Kent) is a British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament for Wokingham and formerly Shadow Secretary of State for Deregulation in the Shadow Cabinet. ... 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

  • Glenys Kinnock is elected to the European Parliament.
  • 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.

Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock (born July 7, 1944) is a Welsh politician. ...

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
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Gerwyn Williams
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal -
  • Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen -
  • Wales Book of the Year:
    • English language:
    • Welsh language:

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. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...

New books

  • Bobi Jones - Crist a Chenedlaetholdeb (Christ and Nationalism)
  • Jenny Rees - Looking for Mr Nobody; The Secret Life of Goronwy Rees

Emeritus Professor Robert Maynard Jones (born 1929) a Christian and a Welshman, best known as Bobi Jones is probably the most prolific Welsh writer in the history of the language. ... Goronwy Rees (1909-1979) was a Welsh journalist, academic and writer. ...

New music

Karl Jenkins (born February 17, 1944) is a Welsh musician and composer. ...

Film

Welsh language films

  • Branwen (Ceri Sherlock)
  • Hedd Wyn

Hedd Wyn (1887–31 July 1917) was a Merionethshire shepherd-poet of World War I. Born Ellis Humphrey Evans, he used the Bardic name Hedd Wyn, Welsh for white peace or blessed peace. Evans spent most of his life on a hill farm near Trawsfynydd. ...

Music

Shakin Stevens (born Michael Barratt, March 4, 1948) is a Welsh rock and roll singer born in Cardiff, who has the distinction of being the best-performing UK singles artist of the 1980s. ...

Broadcasting

Welsh language television

English language television

Sports

Deaths



 

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