1965 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1965 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

 * Secretary of State for Wales – Jim Griffiths
 * Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth
 * Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Cynan

Events

 * May – Opening of Llandegfedd Reservoir by Newport Corporation.
 * 17 May – Thirty-one miners are killed in a mining accident at the Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, Rhondda.
 * 24 May – The first drive-on car ferry service between Fishguard and Rosslare Harbour (Ireland) officially opens.
 * 15 June – The Hughes-Parry Committee submits its report on the legal status of the Welsh language.
 * 21 October – Official opening of Llyn Celyn reservoir.
 * 17 December – A landslide on the main railway line at Bridgend kills a train driver and co-driver.
 * Foundation of Undeb y Cymraeg Byw ("Union of Living Welsh").

Awards

 * National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Newtown, Montgomeryshire)
 * National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – William David Williams
 * National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Tom Parri Jones
 * National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Eigra Lewis Roberts

English language

 * Peter Bryan George – Commander-1
 * Julian Mitchell – The White Father

Welsh language

 * Bedwyr Lewis Jones (ed.) – Blodeugerdd o'r Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Bymtheg
 * Gwilym Meredydd Jones – Dawns yr Ysgubau

Music

 * 12 December – The Beatles' last live U.K. tour concludes with two performances at the Capitol, Cardiff.
 * Tom Jones releases the film theme, "What's New Pussycat?" as a single.
 * Rockfield Studios (near Rockfield, Monmouthshire) becomes the world's first residential recording studio.

Film

 * Richard Burton stars in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, for which he would be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
 * Glynis Johns stars in Mary Poppins.
 * Tryweryn, the Story of a Valley (film made by Friars School, Bangor).

Theatre

 * 26 March – Harold Pinter's play The Homecoming has its world première at the New Theatre, Cardiff.

Broadcasting

 * February - BBC2 is received in South Wales for the first time, as a result of a new transmitter.
 * date unknown - Arwel Hughes becomes Head of Music at BBC Wales.

Welsh-language television

 * Dafydd Iwan begins appearing regularly on TWW's Y Dydd.

English-language television

 * As I See It, presented by Gwyn Thomas

Sport

 * Rugby union – Wales win the Triple Crown for the first time in 13 years.
 * BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Clive Rowlands

Births

 * 5 January – Vinnie Jones, footballer (in Watford, England)
 * 22 February – Steve Speirs, born Steven Roberts, actor
 * 2 March (in Bangor, County Down) – Lembit Öpik, politician
 * 6 March – Allan Bateman, rugby player
 * 1 April – Alexandra Shân "Tiggy" Legge-Bourke, royal nanny
 * 9 April – Colin Pascoe, footballer
 * April – Manon Antoniazzi, née Jenkins, Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd
 * 3 May – Rob Brydon, comedian and actor
 * 8 May – Andy Dibble, footballer
 * 11 May – Jeremy Goss, footballer
 * 16 May – Vincent Regan, actor
 * 25 August – David Taylor, soccer player and manager
 * 13 September – Andrew Williams, cricketer
 * 16 October – Floyd Havard, British super-featherweight boxing champion
 * 30 October – Michael Tremellen, cricketer
 * 9 November – Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone singer
 * date unknown – Patrick Jones, poet and author

Deaths

 * 7 January – Sarah Edwards, actress, 83
 * 18 January – Ernest Evans, politician, 79
 * 29 January – T. Harri Jones, poet and academic, 43 (suicide)
 * 4 February
 * Hugh Morriston Davies, thoracic surgeon, 85
 * Llywelyn Williams, politician, 53
 * 5 February – Sir David Brunt, meteorologist, 78
 * 1 April – Sir John William Bowen, trade unionist and politician, 88
 * 22 April – Glyn Stephens, Wales international rugby union captain, 73
 * 3 May – Howard Spring, novelist, 76
 * 29 May – Steve Morris, Wales international rugby player, 68
 * 16 June – Dai Parker, Wales and British Lion rugby player, 60
 * 17 July (in Scarborough) – Dan Lewis, footballer
 * 18 August – Christmas Price Williams, politician, 83
 * 24 August – Elvyn Bowen, cricketer, 58
 * 30 August – Llew Edwards, boxer, 72
 * 11 September – Trevor Preece, cricketer, 82
 * 1 October – Gareth Hughes, actor, 71
 * 9 October – Russell Taylor, Wales international rugby player, 50
 * 16 October – Hywel Davies, radio broadcaster, television interviewer and writer, 46
 * 22 October – William Williams, Victoria Cross recipient, 75
 * 31 October – John Roberts, Wales international rugby player, 59
 * 4 November – Ifor Williams, academic, 84
 * 8 November – George Hall, politician, 83
 * 23 November – Murray Humphreys, Chicago mobster of Welsh descent, 66
 * 26 December – Llewelyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies, Victoria Cross recipient, 87
 * 29 December – Claude Warner, cricketer, 83