Events
- 11 June - The Prince of Wales' new standard is flown for the first time.
- July - Closure of Dinorwic slate quarry.
- 1 July
- The Prince of Wales, is invested with his title at Caernarfon.
- Six members of the Free Wales Army are convicted of public order and firearms offences; three are imprisoned.
- 3 July - Swansea is granted city status.
- The longest cable car system in the UK opens at Llandudno.
- Registration of births and deaths in the Welsh language is allowed for the first time.
- The Development of Tourism Act 1969 paves the way for creation of the Wales Tourist Board.
- Clashes between police and anti-apartheid protesters occur when the touring South African rugby team play Swansea.
- The South Wales Constabulary is created by merging the police forces of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil.
- Engineer Morien Morgan becomes Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough and is knighted.
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“The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion.”
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