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List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1944 to
Wales and
its people .
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in
Llandybie )
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair -
D. Lloyd Jenkins
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown -
J. M. Edwards
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld
New books
English language
Welsh language
New drama
Music
Film
Broadcasting
Visual arts
Sport
Boxing -
Syd Worgan beats Tommy Davies for the vacant Welsh featherweight title.
[11]
Football - The first post-war match between Wales and England ends in a 1 - 0 victory for Wales.
Births
July:Glenys Kinnock
October:Mandy Rice-Davies
December:Deke Leonard
21 January -
Peter Rodrigues , footballer
17 February -
Karl Jenkins , composer
[12]
1 March –
Dai Morgan Evans , English-born archaeologist (died
2017 )
[13]
6 March –
Billy Raybould , Wales international rugby player
12 March –
Tammy Jones , singer
24 March
31 March –
Myfanwy Talog , actress (died
1995 )
[15]
4 April –
Ronnie Rees , footballer
8 April –
Hywel Bennett , actor (died
2017 )
[16]
15 April –
Dave Edmunds , musician
[17]
16 April –
Llew Smith , politician (died
2021 )
[18]
5 May
20 May –
Kathrin Thomas , magistrate
[21]
3 June –
Dilwyn John , footballer
11 June –
Alan Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport , politician
[22]
16 June –
Brian Protheroe , English-born singer and actor of Welsh parentage
7 July –
Glenys Kinnock , English-born politician (died
2023 )
[23]
7 July –
Angharad Rees , actress (died
2012 )
[24]
31 July
Betty Williams , politician
9 October -
Desmond Barrit , actor
21 October -
Mandy Rice-Davies , socialite (died
2014 )
[25]
6 November -
Gerallt Lloyd Owen , poet (died
2014 )
[26]
14 November -
Eurfyl ap Gwilym , economist and politician
29 November -
Gareth Wardell , politician
[27]
18 December - (Roger)
Deke Leonard , rock musician (died
2017 )
[28]
24 December –
Meirion Pennar , translator and son of
Pennar Davies (died
2010 )
[29]
Deaths
May:Charles Green
8 January -
John Newell Evans , Welsh-born farmer and politician in Canada, 97
[30]
11 January -
Richard Powell , Wales international rugby player, 79
5 March -
Alun Lewis , poet, 28 (accidentally shot)
20 March -
William Retlaw Williams , lawyer and historian, 80 or 81
31 March -
Talfryn Evans , cricketer, 29
7 May -
Charles Green , Bishop of Monmouth, Bishop of Bangor and Archbishop of Wales, 79
17 May -
John Lloyd Morgan , lawyer and MP, 83
[31]
24 May -
Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet , politician, 83
27 May -
Griffith Hartwell Jones , academic, 85
[32]
June -
Dai Davies , footballer, 63/64
16 June -
David Davies, 1st Baron Davies , philanthropist and MP, 64
[33]
25 June -
James Atkin, Baron Atkin , judge, 76
5 August -
Maurice Turnbull , cricketer, 38 (killed in action)
[34]
5 August -
Ethel Lina White , crime novelist, 68
20 September -
Oliver Morris , rugby player and footballer, 27 (killed in action)
[35]
21 September -
Bob Jones , rugby union player, 69
25 September -
David Davies, 2nd Baron Davies , 29 (killed in battle)
[36]
30 September -
David Harris Davies , Wales international rugby union player, 66
[37]
5 October -
Laura Evans-Williams , singer, 61
[38]
27 October -
Clem Lewis , rugby player, 54
19 November -
Watkin Williams , Bishop of Bangor, 99
[39]
8 December - Sir
William Jenkins , MP for Neath, 73
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