Events
- 21 May - Hugh Dalton is appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
- 24 June - Thomas Williams is created 1st Baron Williams of Ynyshir.
- 1 July - The National Museum of Wales opens the Welsh Folk Museum at St Fagans to the public, the first open-air museum in the UK (director: Iorwerth Peate).
- October - Opening of the Hoover washing machine factory at Merthyr Tydfil.
- Aneurin Bevan is instrumental in the passing of the Local Government Act and National Assistance Act.
- Ness Edwards joins the Privy Council.
- Creation of the Welsh Joint Education Committee.
- Beginning of nylon manufacture at Pontypool.
- Jim Griffiths becomes Chairman of the Labour Party.
- The Council for Wales and Monmouthshire is established as an advisory body.
- A residential Welsh-medium preparatory school for boys is founded at Llanilar in Cardiganshire.
- Physicist Rhisiart Morgan Davies publishes the results of his work on stress waves.
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