Events
- 1 March - The devolution referendum rejects the Wales Act 1978 (which would have established a Welsh Assembly) by four to one.
- The Parliamentary Select Committee on Welsh Affairs is established.
- 7 June - In the elections for the European Parliament, Ann Clwyd and Win Griffiths are among the newly-elected MEPs. Plaid Cymru win no seats.
- 8 June - A Cessna aircraft crashes into a mountain in Snowdonia, killing all six occupants.
- 12 December - Four holiday homes in rural Wales are the target of arson attacks by Welsh Nationalist political activists.
- Annie Powell of Rhondda becomes Britain's first Communist mayor.
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