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Шаблон:Year in Wales header This article is about the particular significance of the year 1932 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph[1]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
Events
- 25 January – Leif Jones is created Baron Rhayader.
- 1 March (Saint David's Day) – Members of Plaid Cymru on two occasions replace the Union Jack flying over Caernarfon Castle with a flag displaying the red Welsh Dragon.[3]
- c. August – The Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, is completed.
- Plaid Cymru adopts self-government as its official policy.
- Hilary Marquand’s economic surveys of South Wales highlight the depressed conditions in the area during the Great Depression in the United Kingdom.
Arts and literature
- Frank Brangwyn completes the Empire Panels.
- Welsh-language newspaper Y Cymro is launched.
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Port Talbot)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – D. J. Davies, "Mam"[4]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Thomas Eurig Davies, "A Ddioddefw a Orfu"[5]
New books
English language
- Margiad Evans – Country Dance
- Elisabeth Inglis-Jones – Crumbling Pageant[6]
- Howard Spring – Darkie and Co.[7]
- Hilda Vaughan – The Soldier and the Gentlewoman
- Francis Brett Young – The House Under the Water
Welsh language
- Richard Ithamar Aaron – Hanes Athroniaeth
- T. H. Parry-Williams – Canu Rhydd Cynnar
- David Walters (Eurof) – Pwerau'r Deufyd
Music
- W. Bradwen – Mab yr ystorm[8]
- Grace Williams
- Suite for orchestra
- Two Psalms for contralto, harp and strings[9]
Film
- 13 June – Port Talbot-born English actress Peg Entwistle signs a contract with RKO in the United States.
- 16 September – Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" of the giant Hollywoodland sign.
- 20 October – Release of comedy horror The Old Dark House, set entirely in Wales but filmed wholly in Hollywood.
- Edmund Gwenn appears in Tell Me Tonight, Money for Nothing, Condemned to Death, Love on Wheels, Lord Babs and Frail Women.
Broadcasting
The broadcasting committee of the Welsh Parliamentary Labour Party obtains agreement from the BBC to broadcast a fortnightly programme and religious content in the Welsh language.[10]
Sport
- Boxing
- 3 February – Jack Petersen beats Dick Power to take the Welsh heavyweight title.[11]
- 23 May – Jack Petersen wins the British light-heavyweight title against Harry Crossley.[11]
- 12 July – Jack Petersen wins the British heavyweight title against Reggie Meen.[11]
Births
- 12 March – John Harris, dean of Brecon (died 2019)[12]
- 20 March – Garfield Owen, Wales dual-code rugby international
- 6 April – Leon Eagles, actor (died 1997)
- 28 May – John Savage, prime minister of Nova Scotia (died 2003)[13]
- 30 May – Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, politician (died 2018)[14]
- 31 May – Glyn Davies, footballer (died 2013)
- 22 June – Mary Wynne Warner, mathematician (died 1998)[15]
- 30 June – Derek Tapscott, footballer (died 2008)
- 10 July – Maureen Guy, mezzo-soprano (died 2015)[16]
- 27 July – Dennis Callan, footballer (died 2006)
- 2 August – Kenneth Bowen, concert tenor (died 2018)[17]
- 12 August – Gwilym Jenkins, statistician and systems engineer (died 1982)
- 31 August – Colin Gale, footballer (died 2008)
- 9 September – Alice Thomas Ellis, born Ann Margaret Lindholm in Liverpool, novelist (died 2005)[18]
- 8 October – Ray Reardon, snooker player[19]
- 18 October – Don Devereux, dual-code rugby player (died 1995)
- 24 October – Allan Rogers, politician[20]
- 16 November – Onllwyn Brace, Wales rugby union captain (died 2013)[21]
- 21 November – Alvan Williams, footballer (died 2003)
- 1 December – Cissy Davies, Olympic gymnast
- 7 December – Elystan Morgan, politician[22]
- 15 December – John Meurig Thomas, chemist (died 2020)[23]
- date unknown
- Richard Cyril Hughes, historian[24]
Deaths
- 27 February – Dicky Owen, Wales rugby union international, 55 (suicide)[25]
- 3 March – Ernest Howard Griffiths, physicist, 80[26]
- 10 April – Gwyn Thomas, cricketer, 41
- 14 May – John Hughes, composer of Cwm Rhondda, 58[27]
- 27 May – M. C. Jones, racing driver, 37 (killed during qualification for Indianapolis 500 in the United States)
- 8 June – Margaret Nevinson, suffrage campaigner, 74[28]
- 28 June – Thomas Phillips Price, landowner, industrialist and politician, 88
- 9 July – John Owen Williams (Pedrog), minister and poet[29]
- 10 July – Martha Hughes Cannon, Welsh-born US physician, politician and campaigner, 75[30]
- 20 July – Bill Beynon, British bantamweight boxing champion, 41 (killed in mining accident)[31]
- 23 July – Tenby Davies, half-mile world champion runner, 48
- 30 August – Conway Rees, Wales rugby union international, 62
- 11 September – Aneurin Rees Wales rugby union international, 74
- 16 September – Peg Entwistle, actress, 24 (suicide)[32]
- 26 October – William Howell Davies, merchant and politician, 80[33]
- 25 November
- John Williams, recipient of the Victoria Cross, 75[34]
- Hugh Hughes, trade union leader, 54[35]
See also
References
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- ↑ I. M. James and A. R. Pears, "Obituary: Mary Wynne Warner (1932–1998)" Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society 34(6)(December 2001): 745–752. DOI: 10.1112/S0024609302001467
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- ↑ John, Angela V. "Nevinson [née Jones], Margaret Wynne (1858–1932), women's rights activist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004-09-23. Oxford University Press. Date of access 9 Mar. 2018.
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