2004 in Wales
List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2004 to Wales and its people .
Incumbents
Events
6 January – An inquest is opened into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales .[ 1] 19 January – The jury at the inquest into the death of 12-year-old Stuart Cunningham-Jones, killed in a school bus crash near Cowbridge in December 2002, rules that this death was an accident,[ 2] 23 February – The former Welsh Secretary Ron Davies announces he is joining the new Forward Wales party led by John Marek .[ 3] 1 March
13 March – The market town of Cowbridge celebrates the 750th anniversary of its charter.15 March – A second bridge over the river Monnow is opened in Monmouth .[ 6] 31 March
28 April – The Wales Trades Union Congress annual conference opens at Llandudno .15 May – Singer James Fox represents the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest , finishing 16th.[ 9] 18 May – Denbighshire becomes the first local authority in Wales to ban smoking on all council property and for all its workers.[ 10] 28 May
31 May – The Urdd National Eisteddfod opens at Llangefni .[ 11] May – Ospreys in Britain : First ospreys in modern times breed in Wales, at the site which becomes the Glaslyn Osprey Project (where the chicks do not survive), followed by another pair near Welshpool (one chick reared successfully).[ 12]
4 June – Professor Merfyn Jones is named as the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor .6 June – Rhodri Morgan , the First Minister of Wales is criticized for not attending celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day .10 June – As a result of the local elections, there is power sharing in nine councils across Wales, Labour control in eight, Independents in three, and Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives control one each.24 June – Police in Swansea arrest twenty people on charges of drug dealing.2 July – Jeffrey John , an openly gay clergyman originally from Tonyrefail, is inducted as Dean of St Albans.[ 13] 6 July
14 July
19 July – The Royal Welsh Show opens at Builth Wells , celebrating its centenary.[ 14] 28 July – It is announced that the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education , Swansea Institute of Higher Education , Trinity College, Carmarthen and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama will all become part of the University of Wales .30 July – The National Eisteddfod of Wales opens at Tredegar House near Newport.12 August – The Keep Cardiff Tidy campaign wins a special merit award at the Association of Public Service Excellence Awards 2004.26 August – The Festival of History in North Wales opens in Llanfairfechan .28 August – Bryn Terfel 's Faenol Festival opens.7 September – Kalan Kawa Karim, an Iraqi Kurd, dies after what police take to be a racist attack in Swansea city centre.[ 15] 7 October – The Western Mail 8 October – Breconshire Brewery wins the "Champion Beer of Wales" competition at the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Great Welsh Beer Festival in Cardiff.26 October – The Monmouth -based inventor, Andrew Hubert von Staufer, wins the Platinum Award for Design and Gold Award for Leisure at the British Invention Show.[ 16] 1 November – Neil Kinnock becomes head of the British Council .[ 17] 2 November – Flights to Egypt become available for the first time from Cardiff International Airport .8 November – The Welsh Assembly Government launches its "free swimming for over-60s" pilot scheme.19 November – The Wales Children in Need concert is held at Wrexham , starring Bryan Adams .26 November – Official opening of the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff 31 December – In the New Year Honours List, author Leslie Thomas is made an OBE for services to literature.
Arts and literature
Awards
New books
Welsh language
English language
Music
Film
Welsh-language films
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
Sport
Deaths
3 January – T. G. Jones , footballer, 86[ 23] 5 January – Vivian Jenkins , rugby player, 92[ 24] 22 January – Islwyn Ffowc Elis , author, 79[ 25] 5 February – Nicholas Evans, artist, 97[ 26] 21 February – John Charles , footballer, 72[ 27] 29 March – Eifion Jones , marine botanist, 79[ 28] 4 April – Alwyn Williams , geologist, 825 April – Gweneth Lilly , writer and teacher, 83[ 29] 17 April – Geraint Howells , politician, 79[ 30] 25 April – Eirug Wyn , author, 53 (myeloma)May – Cyril Kieft , racing driver and sportscar manufacturer, 92[ 31]
20 May – Dennis Coslett , Free Wales Army activist, 64[ 32] 2 June – Alun Richards , novelist, 74[ 33] 9 June – Harry Harris , footballer, 7015 June
17 July – Sir Julian Hodge , banker, 99[ 35] 18 July – Emrys Evans, banker29 July – Linford Rees , psychiatrist, 89[ 36] 5 August – Jim Alford , athlete, 90[ 37] 8 August – Richard Taylor , skater and skier, 23 (injuries from skating accident)[ 38] 20 August – Arthur Lever , footballer, 841 September – Gordon Parry, Baron Parry , 78[ 39] 10 September – Glyn Owen , actor, 76[ 40] 15 September – Sue Noake, athletics official20 September – Bill Shortt , footballer, 8325 September – Michael Treharne Davies , Catholic writer, 6813 October – Bernice Rubens , novelist, 76[ 41] 21 October – Brinley Rees , academic, 849 November – Emlyn Hughes , English footballer of Welsh parentage, 57 (brain cancer)[ 42] 14 November – David Stanley Evans , astronomer, 88[ 43] 15 November – John Morgan , comedian, 7425 November – John St. Bodfan Gruffydd , landscape architect, 9429 November – Jonah Jones , sculptor, writer, and educationist, 854 December – Sir Anthony Meyer , politician, 8414 December – Harry Bowcott , international rugby player and president of the Welsh Rugby Union, 97
See also
References
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