1929 in Wales - Events

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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