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List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1936 to
Wales and
its people .
Incumbents
Events
20 January - Edward, Prince of Wales, accedes to the throne as
Edward VIII , King of the United Kingdom, following the death of his father King
George V of the United Kingdom .
[4]
March -
Jim Griffiths , later the first
Secretary of State for Wales , is elected member for
Llanelli
[5] following the death in office of the sitting MP.
May - Colonial Secretary
Jimmy Thomas is forced to resign from politics after a scandal involving Stock Exchange dealings.
8 September - In an incident known as Llosgi'r ysgol fomio (The burning of the bombing school) , or, Tân yn Llŷn (Fire in Llŷn) , a sabotage attack on
Penyberth aerodrome is carried out by
Lewis Valentine ,
D. J. Williams and
Saunders Lewis .
[6]
19 November -
Dowlais Ironworks ceases steel production at its original
Dowlais works. On a visit to
the depressed areas of the
South Wales Valleys King Edward VIII comments that "These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again."
[7] The remark is much misquoted.
October - Saunders Lewis courts further controversy by appearing to praise
Adolf Hitler .
[8]
unknown dates
Arts and literature
Awards
New books
English language
Welsh language
New drama
Music
Film
Broadcasting
Sport
Births
9 January -
Mike Davies , tennis player and sports administrator (died
2015 in the United States )
7 February -
Keith Rowlands , rugby union player and administrator (died
2006 )
[11]
14 March -
John Meirion Morris , sculptor (died
2020 )
[12]
16 March -
Vic Rouse , footballer
10 April -
Ricky Valance , born David Spencer, pop singer (died
2020 )
[13]
12 May -
Phil Edwards , boxer
[14]
23 May -
Jennifer Daniel , actress
27 June -
Clive Thomas , football referee
6 July -
Redvers Sangoe , light-heavyweight boxer (died
1964 )
30 July -
Haydn Morgan , Welsh international rugby union player
2 September -
Gwyn Thomas , poet and academic (died
2016 )
[15]
20 September -
Andrew Davies , screenwriter
[16]
25 September -
Michael Davies , Catholic writer (died
2004 )
15 October -
Timothy Stamps , Minister of Health in Zimbabwe (died
2017 in Zimbabwe )
[17]
7 November - Dame
Gwyneth Jones , opera singer
[18]
18 November -
Brian Huggett , golfer
[19]
Deaths
9 January
20 January -
George V (Prince of Wales, 1901–1910), 70
7 February -
John Henry Williams , sitting MP for Llanelli, 66 (pneumonia)
[20]
23 February -
Harry Jones , Welsh-born prospector and politician in British Columbia, 95
20 March -
William Napier Bruce , lawyer, 78
[21]
5 May -
Percy Bennett , Wales international rugby player, 66
16 May -
John Jenkins (Gwili) , poet and archdruid, 63
[22]
13 June -
William Elsey , Wales international rugby player, 65
3 August -
John Alf Brown , Wales international rugby player, 54
2 September -
William Rees , priest and writer, 77
28 October -
George Barker , politician, 78
[23]
29 October -
Dan Griffiths , Wales international rugby player, 79
11 November - Sir
Edward German , English composer of Welsh descent, 71
[24]
15 December -
Reese J. Llewellyn , Welsh-American businessman, 64
[25]
See also
References
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The Human Tradition in Modern Britain . Rowman & Littlefield. p. 92.
ISBN
978-0-7425-3735-4 .
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins (1959).
"Jenkins, John (Gwili) (1872-1936), poet, theologian, and man of letters" .
Dictionary of Welsh Biography .
National Library of Wales . Retrieved 2 November 2021 .
^
Jones, Evan David .
"John James Williams" .
Dictionary of Welsh Biography .
National Library of Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2015 .
^
Ziegler, Philip (1991). King Edward VIII: The official biography . New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
ISBN
0-394-57730-2 . Page 245.
^ Cameron Hazlehurst; Sally Whitehead; Christine Woodland (1996).
A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964 . Cambridge University Press. pp.
163 .
ISBN
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^
Llafur . Llafur. 2000. p. 60.
^ Joan Abse (2000).
Letters from Wales . Seren. p. 303.
ISBN
978-1-85411-270-5 .
^ Richard Wyn Jones (15 May 2014).
The Fascist Party in Wales?: Plaid Cymru, Welsh Nationalism and the Accusation of Fascism . University of Wales Press. p. 97.
ISBN
978-1-78316-156-0 .
^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004).
The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . Oxford University Press.
ISBN
0-19-860634-6 .
^ Roberts, Kate (1991). The world of Kate Roberts : selected stories, 1925-1981 . Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 6.
ISBN
9780877227946 .
^
"Keith Alun Rowlands 1936 - 2006" . Cardiff Rugby . 20 November 2006. Retrieved 26 November 2021 .
^
"CV for John Meirion Morris" . John Meirion Morris . Retrieved 26 November 2021 .
^ Spencer Leigh (16 June 2020).
"Ricky Valance obituary | Pop and rock" . The Guardian . Retrieved 2 December 2021 .
^ Jones, Wynford (2007). Benny's Boys: The Stable of Benny Jacobs . St Helens, Merseyside: Colourplan Design & Print. pp. 48–50.
ISBN
978-0-9551082-1-1 .
^
"Wales' former national poet Gwyn Thomas dies" . bbc.co.uk. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016 .
^ Screen International Film and TV Year Book . Screen International, King Publications Limited. 1992. p. 93.
^
"Timothy Stamps" . The Times . 21 December 2017.
ISSN
0140-0460 . Retrieved 10 September 2019 .
^ Ewen, David (1978). Musicians since 1900: performers in concert and opera . New York: H.W. Wilson Company. p. 374.
ISBN
9780824205652 .
^
Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf .
Orbis Publishing . p. 250.
ISBN
0-85613-520-8 .
^ "Obituaries".
British Medical Journal . 1 (3920): 393. 22 February 1936.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.1.3920.393-b .
S2CID
220035532 .
^ Rees, Sir James Frederick.
"BRUCE , WILLIAM NAPIER" .
Dictionary of Welsh Biography .
National Library of Wales . Retrieved 18 April 2015 .
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins.
"Jenkins, John (Gwili) (1872-1936), poet, theologian, and man of letters" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019 .
^ Who's who of British Members of Parliament: A Biographical Dictionary of the House of Commons Based on Annual Volumes of Dod's Parliamentary Companion and Other Sources . Harvester Press. 1976. p. 19.
ISBN
9780855273255 .
^ "Deaths", The Times , 4 January 1937, p. 19
^
"L. A. Industrialist Dies in New York" . Oakland Tribune . December 16, 1936. p. 7. Retrieved May 15, 2016 – via
Newspapers.com .