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Wales-related events during the year of 2005
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2005 to
Wales and
its people .
Incumbents
Events
10 January –
Jane Hutt loses her job as Health Minister in the
Welsh Assembly Government , a post she has held since 1999. She is replaced by Dr
Brian Gibbons . First Minister Rhodri Morgan denies it is a dismissal, and moves Hutt to the post of Business Minister.
[1]
22 January – The
Tsunami Relief concert held at the
Millennium Stadium ,
Cardiff – the largest live music event in the UK since
Live Aid . Performers included
Eric Clapton ,
Jools Holland ,
Manic Street Preachers ,
Lulu ,
Aled Jones ,
Kelly Jones ,
Charlotte Church ,
Katherine Jenkins ,
Feeder ,
Snow Patrol ,
Liberty X ,
Craig David ,
Heather Small ,
Keane .
[2]
14 February – An
earthquake with a strength of 3.8 is felt in Llandudno.
April – Launch of
Audiences Wales .
[3]
2 April – First Minister
Rhodri Morgan travels to
Vietnam to take part in a trade mission.
9 April – As announced on
10 February , the Prince of Wales (now
Charles III )
marries
Camilla Parker Bowles ; however, she uses the style HRH The Duchess of Cornwall rather than Princess of Wales .
27 April –
March Networks , a company founded by Sir
Terry Matthews , makes an
initial public offering .
5 May – In the
2005 United Kingdom general election , the
Labour Party retains its national majority but the
Conservative Party wins three Welsh constituencies, the first time since 1997 that they have held any parliamentary seats in Wales, and the former Labour MP
Peter Law retains his
Blaenau Gwent constituency standing as an independent. In the new Cabinet,
Paul Murphy is replaced as
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland .
6 May – Welsh Secretary,
Peter Hain , makes a public apology to soprano
Katherine Jenkins for using her image on election leaflets without her permission. Following the general election, Hain is also appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whilst retaining his Wales appointment.
13 June – Poet
Dannie Abse is injured and his wife
Joan is killed in an accident on the M4 in South Wales.
[4]
21 June – A new exhibition, "Cardiff's Century", opens to commemorate its first hundred years as a city.
29 June – Aspers is selected as the
casino operator to invest in Cardiff's planned new £700 million International Sports Village.
[5]
July – A rare
sooty tern is spotted in
the Skerries, Anglesey .
[6]
10 July – The
Liberty Stadium opens in Swansea. On 23 July,
Swansea City A.F.C. play their first match here; it is also home to the
Ospreys (rugby union) team.
[7]
13 July – The Prince of Wales opens a new building to house the
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum at
Tywyn Wharf railway station , Gwynedd.
30 July – An anti-
racism rally is held in
Cardiff as a result of an attack on the Shah Jalal Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre.
5 August –
Aled Jones is among those admitted to the
Gorsedd of bards.
16 September –
2005 South Wales E. coli O157 outbreak first identified in
Merthyr Tydvil .
[8]
17–18 October –
National Waterfront Museum opens in
Swansea .
19 October –
Liverpool City Council issues a formal apology for the flooding of the Tryweryn valley to create the reservoir of
Llyn Celyn during the 1950s.
28 October –
Cardiff celebrates its centenary as a city.
November –
Swansea University announces its new Institute of Advanced Telecommunications (IAT).
1 November – The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall arrive in the United States for their first overseas visit since their marriage.
1 December – The village of
Ystradfellte is connected to
mains electricity , probably the last in
Wales to be wired.
[9]
20 December – On his first visit to Wales as Leader of the Opposition,
David Cameron states that "devolution is here to stay".
Trinity College, Carmarthen , becomes part of the
University of Wales .
A
Welsh language version of
Scrabble is marketed for the first time.
Arts and literature
Awards
New books
Welsh language
English language
Music
Classical
Albums
Other
Film
Welsh-language films
Y Lleill , directed by Emyr Glyn Williams
Television
Welsh-language television
English-language television
Sport
Births
Deaths
19 January –
Peter Dawson trade union leader, 64
23 January –
Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare , 85
[11]
29 January –
Eric Griffiths , musician, 64
24 February – Professor Sir
Glanmor Williams , historian, 84
[12]
8 March –
Alice Thomas Ellis , novelist, 72
[13]
26 March –
James Callaghan , Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, former Cardiff MP and prime minister, 92
[14]
1 April –
John Davies , cricketer, 79
2 April –
Trevor Foster , Rugby league player, 90
21 April –
Gwynfor Evans , first Plaid Cymru MP and leader of the party for 40 years, 92
[15]
16 May – Sir
Rees Davies , historian, 66
[16]
17 May –
John Griffith Vaughan , seed scientist, 79
[17]
22 May –
Phil Clift , cricketer, 86
28 May –
David Oswald Thomas , philosopher, 81
31 May –
Martyn Davies , rugby player
19 June –
Tich Gwilym , musician, 54
30 July –
Derrick Morris , heart transplant survivor, 75
20 August –
Clifford Williams , actor and director, 78
1 October –
Peter Hubbard-Miles , politician, 78
3 October –
Jeff Young , rugby player, 63
4 October –
Mike Gibbins , Welsh musician and songwriter, 56
[18]
1 November –
Lady Rose McLaren , socialite, 86
4 November –
Wilfred Abse , psychoanalyst, 91
[19]
21 November –
Aileen Fox , archaeologist and widow of Sir
Cyril Fox , 98
[20]
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