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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] caused by "interference with the steering wheel" by other children on the bus.
  • 23 February – The former Welsh Secretary Ron Davies announces he is joining the new Forward Wales party led by John Marek.[3]
  • 1 March
    • The Prince of Wales visits the Vale of Glamorgan and attends a special service in Cowbridge.[4]
    • Cardiff is granted Fairtrade City status.[5]
  • 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
    • The Taith Joint Board is established, to develop and implement actions and strategies for transport in north Wales.[7]
    • The National Woollen Museum re-opens at Dre-fach Felindre.[8]
  • 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
    • The International Musical Eisteddfod opens in Llangollen.
    • The Queen unveils the memorial fountain erected in London in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales.
  • 14 July
  • 19 July – The Royal Welsh Show opens at Builth Wells.
  • 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.[14]
  • 7 October – The Western Mail changes from broadsheet to tabloid/compact format.
  • 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.
  • 1 November - Neil Kinnock becomes head of the British Council.
  • 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

  • Glyndŵr Award - Peter Prendergast
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Huw Meirion Edwards
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Jason Walford Davies
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Annes Glyn
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Music Medal - Owain Llwyd
  • Wales Book of the Year:
    • English language: Niall Griffiths, Stump
    • Welsh language: Jerry Hunter, Llwch Cenhedloedd
  • Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Robin Llywelyn, Un Diwrnod yn yr Eisteddfod
  • John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry: Clare Potter

New books

Welsh language

  • Hywel Teifi Edwards - O'r pentre gwyn i Gwmderi
  • Bethan Gwanas – Hi yw fy Ffrind
  • Eirug Wyn – Dyn yn y Cefn Heb Fwstash

English language

Music

Film

Welsh-language films

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

  • Alex Jones presents the first series of Hip neu Sgip?
  • Ralïo

Sport

  • 4 June – Simon Khan breaks the course record at the Celtic Manor Wales Open golf tournament.
  • 24 June – Joe Calzaghe pulls out of scheduled world title fight against Glen Johnson because of injury.
  • 30 August – The 19th World Bog Snorkelling Championships are held at Llanwrtyd Wells.
  • 15 September – Mark Hughes resigns as manager of the Welsh national football team after being appointed manager of Blackburn Rovers.
  • 16 September – The Wales Rally GB begins in Cardiff.
  • 17 September – The 2004 Paralympics open in Athens: Welsh athletes will return home with twelve gold, six silver and nine bronze medals.
  • 9 October – The Welsh national football team loses 2-0 to England at Old Trafford in Manchester.
  • 12 November – John Toshack becomes the new manager of the Welsh national football team.
  • 20 November – The Wales Rugby Union side loses 25-26 to New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.
  • 6 December – Tanni Grey-Thompson becomes the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2004 (50th anniversary of the award).
  • 3 December – Wrexham F.C. goes into administration.

Deaths

  • 3 January - T. G. Jones, footballer, 86[15]
  • 5 January - Vivian Jenkins, rugby player, 92[16]
  • 22 January – Islwyn Ffowc Elis, author, 79[17]
  • 5 February - Nicholas Evans, artist, 97[18]
  • 21 February – John Charles, footballer, 72[19]
  • 29 March – Eifion Jones, marine botanist, 79[20]
  • 4 April - Alwyn Williams, geologist, 82
  • 17 April – Geraint Howells, politician, 79[21]
  • 25 April – Eirug Wyn, author, 53 (myeloma)
  • May - Cyril Kieft, racing driver and sportscar manufacturer, 92[22]
  • 20 May - Dennis Coslett, Free Wales Army activist, 64[23]
  • 2 June – Alun Richards, novelist, 74[24]
  • 9 June – Harry Harris, footballer, 70
  • 15 June
    • J. Gwyn Griffiths, poet, Egyptologist and nationalist political activist, 92
    • John Lasarus Williams, nationalist activist, 79
  • 17 July – Sir Julian Hodge, banker, 99
  • 18 July – Emrys Evans, banker
  • 29 July – Linford Rees, psychiatrist, 89
  • 5 August - Jim Alford, athlete, 90
  • 8 August - Richard Taylor, skater and skier, 23 (injuries from skating accident)[25]
  • 20 August – Arthur Lever, footballer, 84
  • 1 September - Gordon Parry, Baron Parry, 78
  • 10 September – Glyn Owen, actor, 76
  • 15 September – Sue Noake, athletics official
  • 20 September - Bill Shortt, footballer, 83
  • 25 September - Michael Treharne Davies, Catholic writer, 68
  • 13 October – Bernice Rubens, novelist, 76
  • 21 October – Brinley Rees, academic, 84
  • 9 November - Emlyn Hughes, English footballer of Welsh parentage, 57 (brain cancer)
  • 14 November - David Stanley Evans, astronomer, 88
  • 15 November - John Morgan, comedian, 74
  • 25 November – John St. Bodfan Gruffydd, landscape architect, 94
  • 29 November – Jonah Jones, sculptor, writer, and educationist, 85
  • 4 December – Sir Anthony Meyer, politician, 84
  • 14 December – Harry Bowcott, international rugby player and president of the Welsh Rugby Union, 97

See also

References

  1. ^ Keesing's Record of World Events. Longman. 2004.
  2. ^ Alexis Akwagyiram (20 January 2004). "School bus death was 'accidental'". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Ron Davies joins new Welsh party". The Guardian. 23 February 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. ^ Deborah Fisher (1 September 2010). Royal Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-7083-2312-0.
  5. ^ "Cardiff becomes first Fairtrade capital". WalesOnline. 1 March 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Monmouth's new bridge opens". BBC News. 15 March 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Taith Homepage". Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  8. ^ Rhiannon Mason (2007). Museums, Nations, Identities: Wales and Its National Museums. University of Wales Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-7083-1972-7.
  9. ^ "Britain's Eurovision Song Contest entries: where are they now?". The Telegraph. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Smoked out". Daily Post. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Croeso i Eisteddfod Môn 2004". Urdd (in Welsh). Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Welsh Ospreys". Dyfi Osprey Project. Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
  13. ^ Keesing's Record of World Events. Longman. 2004.
  14. ^ Maria Olaussen; Christina Angelfors (2009). Africa Writing Europe: Opposition, Juxtaposition, Entanglement. Rodopi. p. 246. ISBN 90-420-2593-X.
  15. ^ James Corbett (13 March 2004). "TG Jones". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  16. ^ David Frost (15 January 2004). "Vivian Jenkins". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  17. ^ D Ben Rees (22 March 2004). "Islwyn Ffowc Elis". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  18. ^ Peter Wakelin (15 March 2004). "Nicholas Evans". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  19. ^ Brian Glanville (23 February 2004). "John Charles". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  20. ^ Eryl Crump (24 November 2004). "Driver killed after crash with lorry". Daily Post. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  21. ^ Andrew Roth (19 April 2004). "Lord Geraint". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  22. ^ "Cyril Kieft dies", Autosport, 13 May 2004. Accessed 20 May 2014
  23. ^ "Dennis Coslett – Dashing commandant of the Free Wales Army". The Independent. 2004-05-21.
  24. ^ Dai Smith (19 June 2004). "Alun Richards". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  25. ^ "Tributes paid to talented Taylor". BBC Sport. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
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