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List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1970 to
Wales and
its people .
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Awards
New books
English language
Welsh language
Music
Film
Welsh-language films
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
English-language television
Sport
Births
1 January –
Brian Law , footballer
7 March –
Cameron Toshack , footballer
[26]
19 March –
Tracey Hinton , athlete
2 April –
Jason Perry , footballer
15 April –
Rebecca John , television presenter
19 May –
Stuart Cable , rock musician and television presenter (died
2010 )
[27]
25 May –
Robert Croft , cricketer
[28]
18 June –
Lucy Owen , television presenter
22 June –
Paul Davies , snooker player
18 July –
Gruff Rhys , rock musician
[29]
27 July (in England) –
David Davies , politician
[30]
30 July –
Alun Cairns , politician
[31]
9 August –
Lee Jones , football goalkeeper
19 August –
Me One (Eric Martin), singer-songwriter and rapper
26 September –
Kevin Lloyd , footballer
October –
Helen Stokes-Lampard , chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners
11 October (in England) –
Andy Marriott , goalkeeper
14 November –
Derwyn Jones , rugby union player
27 November –
Stephen Evans , actor and comedy writer
29 December –
Aled Jones , singer and radio presenter
[32]
31 December –
Louise Rickard , rugby union player
Deaths
3 January –
Trefor Morgan , financier, 55
4 January –
David John Williams (D. J. Williams), author and Plaid Cymru politician, 84
[33]
23 January –
Ifan ab Owen Edwards , founder of the
Urdd , 74
[34]
26 January –
Albert Evans-Jones (Cynan), poet, 74
[35]
2 February –
Bertrand Russell , philosopher, 97
[36]
16 February –
Bil Perry , Wales international rugby player, 83
22 February –
Roddy Hughes , actor, 78
20 April –
Thomas Iorwerth Ellis , academic, 70
[37]
29 April –
Bryn Evans , Welsh rugby international, 68
7 May
30 May –
John Edward Jones , Plaid Cymru leader, 64
[40]
3 June –
John Robert Jones , philosophy professor, 58
[41]
4 June –
Daniel John Davies , Independent minister and poet, 84
[42]
9 June –
Billy Spiller , cricketer and rugby player, 83
10 July –
Isaac Griffiths , politician in Canada, 78
3 August – Sir
Lincoln Evans , trade unionist, 80
[43]
26 August –
Thomas Mardy Jones , miner and politician, 91
[44]
10 October –
Owen Picton Davies , journalist, 88
[45]
8 November –
Huw T. Edwards , trade union leader and politician, 77
[46]
17 November –
Naunton Wayne , actor, 69
[47]
9 November –
Huw T. Edwards , trade union leader and politician, 77
[48]
See also
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ISBN
978-0-521-56350-5 .
^
Who was who . A. & C. Black. 1971. p. 728.
ISBN
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^ Meic Stephens (April 1986).
The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales . Oxford University Press. p.
589 .
^ Jim Blake (30 April 2017).
Trolleybus Twilight: Britain's Last Trolleybus Systems . Pen and Sword. p. 43.
ISBN
978-1-4738-6149-7 .
^ Stanley C. Jenkins; Martin Loader (15 March 2015).
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ISBN
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^ Robert Waller; Byron Criddle (1999).
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ISBN
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^ Kenneth O. Morgan (1981).
Rebirth of a Nation: Wales, 1880-1980 . Oxford University Press. pp.
393 .
ISBN
978-0-19-821736-7 .
^ Denis Balsom; Martin Burch (1980).
Political and Electoral Handbook for Wales: 1959-1979 . Gower Press.
ISBN
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^
National Calendar for Wales , Liturgy Office for England and Wales, accessed 31 July 2011
^
House of Commons: With Full Results of the Polling and Biographies of Members and Unsuccessful Candidates and a Complete Analysis, Statistical Tables, and a Map of the General Election . Times Office. October 1974.
ISBN
978-0-7230-0124-9 .
^
The Golden Age of the Singer-Songwriter, 1970-1973 . ABC-CLIO. 2012. p. 1.
ISBN
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^
"Winners of the Chair" . National Eisteddfod of Wales . 17 November 2019.
^
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^
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^ Daniel G. Williams (15 April 2015).
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ISBN
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ISBN
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ISBN
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^ National Library of Wales; Meic Stephens (1 January 1973).
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ISBN
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^ Meic Stephens (April 1986).
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^ Stephen J. Calvert (1980).
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ISBN
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ISBN
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^
"Profile: Ray Reardon" .
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^
"BBC Wales Sport Personality winners" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 29 July 2021 .
^ Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City . Derby: Breedon Books. p. 189.
ISBN
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^ Dave Simpson (7 June 2010).
"Stuart Cable obituary" .
The Guardian .
^
"Robert Croft to end record-breaking Glamorgan career" . BBC Sport . 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2020 .
^ Andy Gregory (2002).
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ISBN
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^
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^
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^ Aled Jones (17 October 2013).
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ISBN
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^
Hywel Teifi Edwards .
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^
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^ Mary Gwendoline Ellis.
"Ellis, Thomas Iorwerth (1899-1970), educationalist and author" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 July 2019 .
^ Edwards, Owen.
"Annie Davies" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
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^
Gwynfor Evans .
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^ Mary Beynon Davies.
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"Daniel John Davies" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 17 January 2017 .
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^ Williams, Griffith John.
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^
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