Timeline of Cardiff History - The Decline of The Docks

The Decline of The Docks

1916: Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Cardiff.

1923: The BBC began broadcasting from studios in Castle Street.

1927: Cardiff City beat Arsenal 1-0 to win the FA Cup.

1930: Cardiff Round Table, local branch of Round Table Britain & Ireland, is founded, being the 26th Table in the organisation

1931: Cardiff Municipal Airport was opened on Pengam Moors

1932: The first miners' hunger march to start in Cardiff, left for London to protest about unemployment.

1935: The first RAC Welsh Rally started from Cardiff.

1937: Shirley Bassey was born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff.

1939: Billy the Seal died.

1941: The heaviest German Luftwaffe raid of World War II, the Cardiff Blitz, occurred when 156 people were killed.

1946: Welsh National Opera put on its first staged productions at the Prince of Wales Theatre.

1947: The Bute family gave Cardiff Castle to the city.

1948: Welsh Folk Museum was opened at St. Fagans.

1952: The last execution took place in Cardiff Prison. Mahmood Hussein Mattan was hanged for murder, but his conviction was quashed in 1998.

1954: Cardiff Airport moved from Pengam Moors to its current home in Rhoose

1955: Cardiff was officially recognised as the capital city of Wales.

1956: Cardiff ceased being a fishing port after 70 years.

1958: The British Empire and Commonwealth Games opened at Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff.

1959: The movie Tiger Bay was released. It was partly shot in Cardiff.

1961: Public houses in Cardiff were allowed to open for the first time on Sundays since the 1880s.

1963: The Rover car factory was opened.

1964: West Bute Dock closed with the last shipment of coal, just 229,000 tons, left the docks.

1966: The Heath Hospital was officially opened.

1967: Glamorgan County Cricket Club play their first game at Sophia Gardens, having moved from Cardiff Arms Park.

1970: Bute East Dock was closed.

1971: The National Sports Centre for Wales opened in Sophia Gardens.

1973: John Desmond Brayley MC DL was nominated for a peerage as Baron Brayley of the City of Cardiff and County Glamorgan

1974: South Glamorgan was established as part of the local government reorganisation. Cardiff lost the independent County Borough status it had since 1889.

1976: James Callaghan MP for Cardiff became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1980: The M4 motorway to the north of the city was opened.

1982: S4C, the Welsh-language television channel was established.

1983: BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition was launched.

1984: The National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park was opened.

1986: Wales National Ice Rink was opened and the Cardiff Devils ice hockey team established.