25 May – A breach in the Glamorganshire Canal near Nantgarw is inspected but it is decided not to do any work on it; the canal closes permanently later in the year.[4]
10 June – The Llandaff and Barry by-election, caused by the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Patrick Munro, is won by the Conservative candidate Cyril Lakin. The official Labour Party does not contest the seat.
The radio series Caniadaeth y Cysegr is launched by the BBC, and soon proves unexpectedly popular with listeners in other parts of the UK. The hymn-based series celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2017.[19]
^"Colin Lewis". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
^Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. pp. 12:33. ISBN0-460-07003-7.
^Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. pp. 12:31. ISBN0-460-07003-7.
^Peters, Kristen (2009-09-17). "Engineering Professor Dies at 66". Daily Nexus. University of California, Santa Barbara. Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved 2009-10-15.