1994 in Wales - Events

Events

  • 26 January - A man fires two blank shots at Charles, Prince of Wales, during the prince's visit to Sydney, Australia.
  • 10 February - An earthquake shock measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale is experienced within a 50-mile radius of the epicentre near Bangor, Wales.
  • 18 March - An earthquake shock measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale is experienced within a 30-mile radius of the epicentre near Newtown, Montgomeryshire.
  • 1 April - At Coney Beach Pleasure Park, Porthcawl, a 9-year-old boy is killed after being flung off the 58-year-old "Water Chute" ride when a steel hoop collapses in wet and windy conditions and falls onto the open-topped carriage in which he is travelling.
  • 29 June - In a televised interview with Jonathan Dimbleby, the Prince of Wales admits having committed adultery after the breakdown of his marriage.
  • 19 July - Glenys Kinnock is elected to the European Parliament.
  • 28 August – Sunday trading becomes legal in England and Wales for the first time.
  • September - Bryn Terfel is guest soloist at the Last Night of the Proms.
  • Dr Elizabeth Haywood is the first winner of the Welsh Woman of the Year award.
  • Miners at the Tower Colliery in South Wales, led by Tyrone O'Sullivan, set up TEBO (Tower Employees Buy-Out) to try to save their mine.
  • Work begins on the Cardiff Bay barrage.

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