This article is about the particular significance of the year 1986 to Wales and its people .
Incumbents Events 21 April – Elizabeth II is presented with a kilo of Welsh gold for her 60th birthday, in the knowledge that supplies are becoming scarce. May – Cardiff City and Swansea City are both relegated to the Football League Fourth Division in England. Swansea, who were in the First Division between 1981 and 1983, recently came close to going out of existence due to huge debts.[2] 30 June – Mardy Colliery, the last pit in the Rhondda , is closed, but underground links to Tower Colliery in the Cynon Valley enable the coal cut there to be raised at Tower.[3] September – The Wales National Ice Rink opens in Cardiff.[4] November – Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Beaumaris , Caernarfon , Conwy and Harlech Castles and Caernarfon and Conwy town walls, designated collectively) become the first Welsh sites designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites , in the first tranche of U.K. designations. December – Bersham Colliery, the last deep mine in the Denbighshire Coalfield, is closed. date unknown – A planning application is turned down at Llanrhaeadr, Clwyd, on the grounds that it would be detrimental to the Welsh language. It is the first time such a decision has ever been made.[5] Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Fishguard ) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Gwynn ap Gwilym National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – T James Jones National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Ray Evans Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen – Robat Gruffudd, Llosgi New books English language Welsh language J. Eirian Davies – Cerddi Bobi Jones – Hunllef Arthur Dic Jones – Sgubo'r Storws Rhiannon Davies Jones – Dyddiadur Mary Gwyn Elyn L. Jones – Cyfrinach Hannah Angharad Tomos – Yma o Hyd Music Classical Albums Film Welsh-language films Broadcasting Welsh-language television English-language television A Child's Christmas in Wales (adaptation of a short story by Dylan Thomas )BBC Wales wins awards for Penyberth and Ms Rhymney Valley 1985 (documentary) at the Celtic Film and Television Festival.Chris Stuart – Cha Cha Chat Show Sports Athletics: Kirsty Wade becomes the first Welsh woman to win the gold medal in the 800m and 1500m at the Commonwealth Games . Boxing : 9 April – Robert Dickie wins the British featherweight title. Cricket : Greg Thomas is capped for England. Matthew Maynard becomes the youngest player ever to score 1000 runs for Glamorgan CCC.Gymnastics : Andrew Morris becomes British men's champion for the third time.Births 9 January – Craig Davies, footballer 20 January – Hannah Daniel, actress 11 February – Robin Hawkins, singer and bass player 21 February – Charlotte Church , singer[7] 28 March – Jay Curtis, broadcaster and actor 31 March – Matthew Collins, footballer 11 April – Dai Greene, athlete[8] 18 April (in Scotland) – Gareth Evans, weightlifter 25 May – Geraint Thomas , cyclist[9] 6 November (in Gloucester) – Kiri Pritchard-McLean, comedian 17 November – Joe Jacobson , footballerDeaths 8 January – Mansel Thomas , conductor and composer, 76[10] 9 January – Wilson Jones, footballer, 71 15 January – Alfred Bestall , illustrator, 93[11] 16 February – John Tripp , poet, 58[12] 28 February – Sir Thomas Williams, lawyer and politician, 70 1 March – Tommy Farr , boxer, 72[13] 5 March – Lewis Valentine , political activist, 92[14] 10 March 14 March – Sir Huw Wheldon , television producer and presenter, 69 30 April – George Whitcombe, footballer, 84 5 June – John Bevan, Wales rugby union coach, 38 29 July – Gordon Mills , music industry manager, 51[16] 29 August – Annie Powell , politician and Wales's first Communist mayor, 79[17] 1 November – Tom Arthur, Wales national rugby player, 80 6 November (at Henley-on-Thames ) – Howard Thomas , radio producer, 77 13 December – Glyn Daniel , archaeologist, 72[18] date unknown Geoffrey D. Lloyd, journalist Fred Warren, footballer, 78 See also References ^ Stephen Bates (19 March 2018). "Lord Crickhowell obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 19 March 2020 . ^ "Season 1985-86" . Archived from the original on 2010-01-27.^ "' Little Moscow' remembers strike" . BBC News . 4 March 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2019 .^ Flynn, Jessica (12 December 2014). "Ice, ice baby" . WalesOnline . Retrieved 6 December 2020 . ^ "Planning and the Welsh Language: the Way Ahead" (PDF) . 2005. Retrieved 27 September 2019 .^ "Honno founder explains how women got a voice" . Wales Online . 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2014-02-16 .^ "Charlotte Church" . BBC Wales Music . Retrieved 30 March 2019 .^ "David Greene Profile" . IAAF . Retrieved 30 March 2019 .^ "Geraint Thomas MBE" . British Cycling . Retrieved 30 March 2019 .^ Terence Gilmore-James. "THOMAS, MANSEL TREHARNE (1909-1986), composer, conductor, BBC Wales Head of Music" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 22 November 2018 . ^ Something about the Author 978-0-8103-2258-5 .^ The Poetry Review ^ Gene Pantalone (16 September 2016). Madame Bey’S: Home to Boxing Legends 978-1-4808-3645-7 . ^ Dafydd Johnston. "VALENTINE, LEWIS EDWARD (1893-1986), Baptist minister, author and Welsh nationalist" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 22 November 2018 . ^ W Elfyn Thomas (April 1986). "Y Parch E. Gwyndaf Evans B.A." (PDF) (in Welsh). Eco's Wyddfa. Retrieved 31 January 2019 . ^ Patricia Burgess; Trish Burgess (1 August 1989). Annual Obituary, 1986 978-1-55862-013-1 . ^ "Annie Powell" . New York Times . 29 August 1986. Retrieved 31 January 2019 .^ Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (1987). Transactions - Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society This article is copied from an
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