1995 in Wales

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3 January - Tower Colliery re-opens under the ownership of the workforce buy out the company Goitre Tower Anthracite.^[1]
1 February - Richey Edwards of the Manic Street Preachers disappears.
16 February - In the Islwyn by-election brought about by the resignation of Neil Kinnock, Don Touhig is elected as Labour MP for the constituency.
April - TBI plc purchases Cardiff-Wales Airport from Glamorgan County Council.
20 July - Swansea-born Michael Heseltine becomes Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, an office last held by Geoffrey Howe.
30 July - Police in North Wales launch a murder inquiry after the body of seven-year-old Sophie Hook (who had gone missing from a nearby house during the night) is found on a beach near Llandudno by a man walking his dog.
6 August - Howard Hughes, a 30-year-old Colwyn Bay man, is charged with the murder of Sophie Hook.
November - Diver Keith Hurley discovers the wreck of the submarine Resurgam (sunk 1880) off Rhyl.
20 November - The Princess of Wales gives a revealing interview to Martin Bashir on the Panorama current affairs programme on BBC One television, discussing her adultery and personal problems in candid detail.^[2]
20 December - The Queen writes to The Prince and Princess of Wales urging them to divorce as soon as possible.
Welsh historian Sir Rees Davies is appointed to the Chichele Chair of Medieval History at the University of Oxford.
Historian Glanmor Williams is knighted.

Roger Rees is nominated for a Tony for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Indiscretions.
Michael Ball performs in the Les Misérables tenth anniversary concert.
Peter Karrie is voted the favourite Phantom of members of the The Phantom of the Opera Appreciation Society for the second year in a row.
The Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, is opened by Jimmy Carter.

Glyndŵr Award - Kyffin Williams
National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Abergele)
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Tudur Dylan Jones^[3]
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Aled Gwyn^[4]
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Angharad Jones for Y Dylluan Wen
Wales Book of the Year:
- English language: Duncan Bush, Masks
- Welsh language: Aled Islwyn, Unigolion, Unigeddau
Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen -

Robin Huw Bowen - Harp Music of Wales (Cerddoriaeth Telyn Cymru)
Carreg Lafar - Ysbryd y Werin
Dafydd Iwan - Cân Celt
Super Furry Animals - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobwllantysiliogogogochynygofod (in space) (E.P.)
Triskedekaphilia (compilation album)

A55, starring Iwan "Iwcs" Roberts
Rownd a Rownd, a youth-oriented soap opera set and filmed around Menai Bridge, launches on S4C

John Rhys-Davies takes the lead in the new US drama series, Sliders.
Somebody's Son (prizewinning documentary made for BBC2 and BBC Wales by Raw Charm).

4 June - A narrow defeat by Ireland results in Wales being eliminated from the Rugby World Cup competition after only three matches.

28 January - Philip Burton, theatre director and radio producer
29 January (in Thorpeness) - Richard Davies, CBE, member of the Royal Household
2 February - Raymond Bark-Jones, English-born Wales international rugby union player, 83
4 February - David Alexander, singer, 56
8 February - Don Devereux, dual-code rugby player, 62
8 February - Rachel Thomas, actress, 89
11 March - Myfanwy Talog, actress, 50
28 March - Julian Cayo-Evans, political activist, 57
10 April - Glyn Jones, poet, author and academic, 90
12 April - Cyril Sidlow, footballer, 89
21 April - Tessie O'Shea, entertainer, 82
21 June - Tristan Jones, sailor, 66
24 June - Len Blyth, Wales international rugby player, 74
25 September - Dave Bowen, footballer, 67
28 September - Lynette Roberts, poet, 86
22 October (in London) - Sir Kingsley Amis, novelist closely associated with Swansea, who set several of his works in Wales, 73

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