Events
- April - The Welsh-language newspaper, Y Dinesydd, is founded.
- May - Sony opens its factory in Bridgend, the first major Japanese investment in Wales.
- July - Sixteen-year-old Sandra Newton is found murdered at Tonmawr.
- 16 September - Sixteen-year-olds Geraldine Hughes and Pauline Floyd are found murdered at Llandarcy. Their murders, along with that of Sandra Newton in July, will remain unsolved for 29 years.
- 23 November - Max Boyce records his legendary live show at Treorchy Rugby Club.
- During the year, there are 424 road deaths in Wales - an all-time record.
- Creation of the Wales TUC.
- Drilling for oil and gas begins off the coast of Wales. A fourth oil refinery opens at Milford Haven.
- The Llyn Brianne dam is completed.
- Professor Brian Josephson wins the Nobel Prize for Physics.
- Welsh actress Angharad Rees marries Christopher Cazenove.
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