1987 in Wales - Events

Events

  • 12 January - The lowest daytime maximum temperature ever recorded in Wales (-8.0 °C) is recorded at Trecastle, Powys.
  • 5 March - The High Court declares Dorothy Squires a vexatious litigant.
  • 24 May - Neil Kinnock is interviewed by David Frost about Labour's defence policy and plans for government.
  • 28 May - The Mametz Wood Memorial, sculpted by David Petersen, is unveiled in Cardiff.
  • 11 June - In the general election
    • Plaid Cymru's Ieuan Wyn Jones wins the seat of Ynys Môn from the Conservatives. Plaid retain their other two parliamentary seats.
    • Alun Michael replaces James Callaghan as MP for Cardiff South.
    • Labour's Paul Flynn wins back Newport West from the Conservatives.
  • 11 July - The Mametz Wood Memorial is dedicated at the site of the Royal Welch Fusiliers battle of 1916.
  • October
    • Flooding affects many parts of Wales. Four people are killed when the Glanrhyd Bridge collapses; a train falling into the River Tywi.
    • Keith Best, former Conservative MP for Ynys Môn, is sentenced to four months' imprisonment for share-dealing activities, but only serves five days.
  • 22 November - The Welsh language is used within the Vatican for the first time on an official occasion, as part of a beatification ceremony for three Welsh martyrs.
  • 3 December - Indian classical musician Ram Narayan records his album Rag Lalit at Wyastone Leys near Monmouth.
  • A planning application is turned down at Llanrhaeadr, Clwyd, on the grounds that it would be detrimental to the Welsh language. It is the first time such a decision has ever been made.
  • The Roman Catholic Church in Wales creates a new Diocese of Wrexham and moves the Diocese of Menevia to Swansea.
  • Creation of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
  • Roy Jenkins becomes Baron Jenkins of Hillhead and is elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
  • The National Trust buys Dinefwr Park in Llandeilo, including the deer park.

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