1967 in Wales

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
• Princess of Wales - vacant
• Secretary of State for Wales - Cledwyn Hughes
• Archbishop of Wales - Edwin Morris

Events

• 7 August - Two men and a boy are drowned in the Dyfi estuary.
• The Welsh Language Act 1967 allows the use of Welsh in legal proceedings and official documents.
• The Gittins Report on Primary Education in Wales recommends that "every child should be given sufficient opportunity to be reasonably bilingual by the end of the primary stage".
• Merched Y Wawr is founded in the village of Parc near Bala.
• UWIST becomes part of the University of Wales.
• The first Royal Mail postbus in Britain runs between Llanidloes and Llangurig.
• The Brynglas Tunnel on the M4 motorway is opened.
• The Beatles, along with Mick Jagger, Cilla Black, and Jane Asher, come to Bangor to attend a seminar by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Their visit is cut short by the shock news of manager Brian Epstein's death.
• Newtown, Montgomeryshire, is designated a new town. The River Severn is re-channelled to prevent the town becoming further damaged by floods.
• Foot and Mouth Disease breaks out in North Wales and parts of England.
• Rhodri Morgan marries Julie Edwards.
• The Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent, is transferred to US administration along with RAF Caerwent.
• The Passport Office comes to Newport and the Land Registry to Swansea, as part of a government effort to move government offices into the regions.

Arts and literature

• The first Welsh pantomime is put on in Theatr Felinfach, Aberystwyth -- Twm Sion Cati.

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bala)
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Emrys Roberts
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Eluned Phillips
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld

New books

• Hydwedd Boyer - I'r Ynysoedd
• Bill Meilen - The Division
• Leslie Norris - The Loud Winter
• Brinley Richards - Cerddi'r Dyffryn
• Kate Roberts - Tegwch y Bore
• Bertrand Russell - War Crimes in Vietnam
• William Nantlais Williams - O Gopa Bryn Nefo

New drama

• Saunders Lewis - Cymru Fydd

Music

• Hogia'r Wyddfa - Tylluanod (album)
• Mary Hopkin - Mae Pob Awr
• Arwel Hughes - Mab y Dyn (cantata)
• William Mathias - Sinfonietta
• Toni ac Aloma - Caffi Gaerwen
• Y Triban - Paid â dodi dadi ar y dôl

Film

• Richard Burton stars in The Taming of the Shrew opposite his wife Elizabeth Taylor.
• Carry On up the Khyber is filmed in North Wales.

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

• Hob y Deri Dando; Disc a Dawn

English-language television

• The Shepherds of Moel Siabod (documentary)
• The cast and crew of Doctor Who film the serial The Abominable Snowmen at Nant Ffrancon, doubling for Tibet.

Sport

• Boxing - Howard Winstone is beaten by Mexico's Vincente Saldivar at Ninian Park, Cardiff.
• Cricket - Glamorgan County Cricket Club moves to a new home at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
• Gymnastics - Bobby Williams of Swansea is British champion.
• Rugby union - Barry John and Gareth Edwards make their international debut.
• Swimming - Paul Radmilovic is the first Briton to be elected to the American Swimming Hall of Fame.
• BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Howard Winstone

Births

• 16 February - Eluned Morgan, politician
• 18 February - Colin Jackson CBE, athlete
• 21 March - Carwyn Jones, politician
• 7 September - Steve James, cricketer
• 12 November - Grant Nicholas, musician
• 27 November - Geraint Rees, neurologist
• date unknown - Paul Pritchard, climber (in Bolton)

Deaths

• 15 January - Sir Cyril Fox, archaeologist
• 22 January - Idris Bell, author
• 14 February - Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, politician
• 11 March - Ivor Rees, Victoria Cross recipient
• 5 May - Owen Thomas Jones, geologist
• 29 July - Jack Wetter, Wales international rugby union captain
• 15 September - Rhys Gabe, Wales international rugby union captain
• 8 October - Vernon Watkins, poet
• 9 October - Edward Tegla Davies, clergyman and writer
• 25 November - Tom Parker, Welsh international rugby union captain
• date unknown - Robert John Rowlands ("Meuryn"), poet