1933 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1933 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King George V of the United Kingdom
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"
*Archbishop of Wales - Alfred George Edwards

Events

*Seven men and four women receive custodial sentences after a riot at Bedwas.
*28 March - Rhondda East by-election, 1933
*22 July - Amy Johnson and Jim Mollison take off from Pendine on the first non-stop flight from the UK to the USA.

Arts and literature

*Percy Cudlipp becomes editor of the "Evening Standard" – the youngest ever editor of a British national newspaper.

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Wrexham)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Edgar Phillips
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Simon B. Jones

New books

*D. J. Davies – "The Economic History of South Wales"
*Caradoc Evans - "Wasps"
*Lily Tobias - "Eunice Fleet"

Music

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Film

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Broadcasting

*28 May - the BBC begins broadcasting the Welsh Regional Programme to South Wales from the Washford transmitter
*17 July - the BBC begins broadcasting the National Programme to South Wales from the Washford transmitter
*The first broadcast is made from the Urdd Eisteddfod.

port

*Rugby union, although collecting the 'wooden spoon' in the Home Nations Championship, Wales beat England at Twickenham for the very first time, after ten previous attempts.

Births

*7 February - Stuart Burrows, opera singer
*21 March - Michael Heseltine, politician
*14 May - Siân Phillips, actress
*20 June - Dai Dower, British, European and Empire Flyweight Boxing Champion
*24 September - Terry Davies, Wales rugby captain and British Lion
*12 November - Jeffrey Thomas, politician
*31 December - Glyn Davidge, Wales international and British Lion rugby player
*"date unknown"
**Bedwyr Lewis Jones, writer
**Gwilym Jenkins, statistician
**Alan Watkins, political journalist

Deaths

*14 January - Sir Robert Jones, orthopaedic surgeon (baronet)
*18 January - John Thomas, chemist (ICI), 46
*2 February - Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet, politician, 76
*4 April - Sir Marteine Lloyd, 2nd Baronet, 82
*29 May - Llewelyn Kenrick, footballer, 84
*16 July - John Tudor Walters, politician
*10 August - Alf Morgans, Prime Minister of Western Australia
*17 October - Sid Bevan, Wales international rugby union player
*10 November - Herbert Lewis, politician