Events
- 18 January - Nigel Birch is appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
- 25 February - Goronwy Rees, Principal of the University of Wales College Aberystwyth, resigns following allegations that he has spied for the Soviet Union.
- 1 July - Royal physician Horace Evans is created Baron Evans of Merthyr Tydfil.
- 6 July - The Royal Welsh Show is held at Blaendolau; the showground is flooded to a depth of 1 metre.
- 16 July - Five people drown in a boating accident at Barmouth.
- 31 July - The Tryweryn Bill, permitting Liverpool City Council to build a reservoir which will drown the village of Capel Celyn, becomes law.
- 8 September - The town hall at Aberystwyth is seriously damaged by fire.
- 12 December - Wales gets its own minister of state in the Westminster government for the first time.
- Morgan Phillips and Aneurin Bevan, along with Richard Crossman, successfully sue The Spectator for libel.
- Brecon Beacons becomes a national park.
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