Events
- 22 September - At Gresford Colliery in Wrexham, 265 miners are killed in a mining accident. Later in the year, Paul Robeson performs in Caernarfon in a benefit concert for victims of the accident.
- 23 October - Opening of the Guildhall, Swansea, designed by Percy Thomas.
- Anthracite production in Wales reaches its peak.
- The Special Areas Act is passed to help areas such as the South Wales Valleys that have been particularly affected by the Great Depression in the United Kingdom.
- Courtaulds establishes a rayon factory at Greenfield.
- Aneurin Bevan marries fellow MP Jennie Lee.
- Tudor Thomas' work on corneal grafting restores the sight of a man who had been nearly blind for 27 years.
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