Events
- 30 May - In the United Kingdom general election:
- Megan Lloyd George becomes Liberal MP for Anglesey – the first female MP in Wales.
- Aneurin Bevan becomes MP for Ebbw Vale.
- Other newly-elected MPs include John Jestyn Llewellin at Uxbridge and Robert Richards at Wrexham.
- Lewis Valentine is Plaid Cymru’s first parliamentary candidate. Plaid Cymru obtain a total of 609 votes in Wales.
- Jimmy Thomas becomes Lord Privy Seal in the new government.
- 9 July - The Royal Navy submarine H47 sinks off the Pembrokeshire coast, killing 21 crewmen.
- 10 July - Nine miners are killed in a mining accident at Milfraen, Blaenavon.
- 28 November - Seven miners are killed in an accident at Wernbwll Colliery, Penclawdd.
- November - In the Rhondda, 400 people are made homeless by flooding.
- Nine Mile Point Colliery Riot
- The number of motor vehicles in Wales exceeds 100,000 for the first time.
- The Royal Air Force's Squadron Leader A. G. Jones-Williams and Flight-Lt N. H. Jenkins make the first non-stop flight from Britain to India.
- 700 people are involved in a riot at Cwmfelinfach, when strikebreakers are used during an industrial dispute at the Nine Mile Point Colliery.
- When the steamer Molesey is wrecked on Skomer Island, British Movietone News shoots the first-ever sound footage of such an event.
- The University of Wales begins awarding teacher training certificates at colleges of education in Wales.
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