Events
- January–April – An outbreak of smallpox infects 45 people and kills 17 in Cardiff and district; 900,000 people in south Wales are vaccinated against the disease.
- 15 May - Emlyn Hooson wins the Montgomeryshire by-election brought about by the death of Clement Davies. In the run-up to the by-election, the "Elvis Rock" is painted with the graffiti "Elis" by supporters of Plaid Cymru candidate Islwyn Ffowc Elis.
- 20 July – The world's first regular passenger hovercraft service is introduced between Rhyl and Wallasey.
- 4 August – Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, the Welsh Language Society, is founded.
- September – Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, the first Welsh-medium secondary school in south Wales, opens its doors.
- 26 October – Opening of Richard Thomas and Baldwins's new steelworks at Llanwern near Newport.
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“Reporters are not paid to operate in retrospect. Because when news begins to solidify into current events and finally harden into history, it is the stories we didn’t write, the questions we didn’t ask that prove far, far more damaging than the ones we did.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
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