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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1946 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – vacant
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Archbishop of Wales – David Prosser, Bishop of St David's
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Crwys
Events
- 12 July – The Coal Industry Nationalisation Act is passed by Parliament.
- August
- Arthur Horner becomes General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers.
- Stocks of captured Nazi German bombs filled with Tabun (nerve agent) begin to be transferred from Llanberis to open storage at RAF Llandwrog.
- November – The highest ever temperature for this month in the UK is recorded at Prestatyn: 71 °F (21.7 °C).
- December - George Isaacs inaugurates the first Remploy factory, in Bridgend, with the aim of offering work to disabled ex-servicement.
- A pneumoconiosis research unit is established at Llandough Hospital near Cardiff, in recognition of the damage being caused to miners' health.
Arts and literature
- In the absence of a Prince of Wales, The Princess Elizabeth, heir presumptive to the throne, is admitted to the Gorsedd.
- The Welsh National Opera is founded.
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Mountain Ash)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Geraint Bowen
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Rhydwen Williams
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Dafydd Jenkins
New books
Welsh language
- Pennar Davies – Cinio'r Cythraul
- Albert Evans-Jones (Cynan) – Ffarwel Weledig
- Thomas Rowland Hughes – Chwalfa
- John Gwilym Jones – Y Goeden Erin
English language
- Caradoc Evans – The Earth Gives All and Takes All
- Emyr Humphreys – Little Kingdom
- Dylan Thomas – Deaths and Entrances
- Gwyn Thomas – The Dark Philosophers
Music
- Daniel Jones – Scenes from the Mabinogion
Film
- London Town featuring Tessie O'Shea
Broadcasting
Sport
- Boxing – Wales stages its first-ever world title fight, in which lightweight Ronnie James is defeated by Ike Williams.
Births
- 10 January - Terry Cobner, rugby player
- 15 January – Roger Davis, cricketer
- 31 January – Bobby Windsor, rugby player
- 20 February – Mike Roberts, Wales and British Lion rugby player
- 21 March – Timothy Dalton, actor
- 2 April – Dai Llewellyn, socialite (d. 2009)
- 5 April – Russell Davies, journalist and broadcaster
- 13 April – Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
- 19 May – Androw Bennett, writer
- 6 June - Hywel Francis, politician
- 14 June – Glyn Berry, diplomat
- 6 August – Ron Davies, politician
- 12 August – Andrew McNeillie, poet and literary editor
- 3 October – Richie Morgan, professional footballer and manager
- 18 October – Dafydd Elis-Thomas, politician
- 26 November – Brian Hibbard, actor and singer (died 2012)
- 27 November – Kim Howells, politician
- 9 December- Mervyn Davies, rugby player (died 2012)
- date unknown – Tony Curtis, poet
Deaths
- 23 January – William Evans, Wales dual code international rugby player, 62
- 25 April – Arthur Jenkins, MP for Pontypool
- 14 March – Reg Thomas, athlete, 39
- 25 May – Ernest Rhys ("Mr Everyman"), writer, 86
- 1 June – Arthur Griffith-Boscawen, politician, 80
- 4 July - Taffy O'Callaghan, footballer, 39
- 15 July – William Cope, 1st Baron Cope, politician, 75
- 12 August – Alfred Augustus Mathews, vicar and Wales international rugby player, 82
- 4 November – Bill Morris, Wales international rugby player, 77
- 5 November – Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, author and patron of the arts in Wales, 66
- 24 November – Sydney Nicholls, Wales rugby international player, 78
- 6 December – Charles Butt Stanton MP, politician, 73
- date unknown
- William Egan, footballer, 73 or 74
- Vulcana, strongwoman, 70 or 71
- Morris Williams, publisher, husband and collaborator of Kate Roberts
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