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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1997 to Wales and its people.

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  • 15 January - Diana, Princess of Wales calls for an international ban on landmines.[1]
  • 21 January - Wales child abuse scandal: Over eighty people are named as child abusers in care homes in North Wales.[2]
  • March - Launch of the "Welsh Language in Chubut" project.
  • 13 March - Launch of the Aberystwyth Centre for the Book.
  • 1 May - In the UK general election, four female MPs are elected in Wales -- Julie Morgan, Ann Clwyd, Betty Williams and Jackie Lawrence. Lembit Öpik becomes MP for Montgomeryshire.[3]
  • 24 May - Robert Hardy officially opens the Judge's Lodging museum in Presteigne.[4]
  • 31 August - Newsreader Martyn Lewis announces the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
  • 1 September - The Prince of Wales flies to Paris to bring home the body of his ex-wife. Bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, the only survivor of the crash in which Diana died, remains in a critical condition.
  • 6 September - At the funeral of the former Princess of Wales, her coffin is carried into Westminster Abbey by a contingent of Welsh Guards.[5]
  • 18 September - The referendum on Welsh devolution results in a narrow "Yes" vote.
  • 13 October - First section of the restored Welsh Highland Railway (60 cm (2 ft) gauge) officially opens over 5 km (3 mi) of former standard gauge trackbed between Caernarfon and Dinas.
  • date unknown
    • Alun Hoddinott receives the Glyndwr Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales.
    • Bryn Euryn, an archaeological site near Colwyn Bay, is identified as the probable base of Cynlas Goch, a 6th-century king.[6]
    • Cardiff Arms Park is demolished to make way for a new stadium.
    • Welsh Sheepdog Society is founded.
    • Jenny Pride becomes the first Welsh female to command a unit of the Royal Engineers.

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References[]

  1. ^ "Princess Diana sparks landmines row". On This Day. BBC. 15 January 1997.
  2. ^ "Carers accused in child abuse inquiry". On This Day. BBC. 21 January 1997.
  3. ^ Vacher's Parliamentary Companion. A.S. Kerswill. 1999. p. 63.
  4. ^ The Judge's Lodging: History
  5. ^ Mary Robertson (1998). The Diana I Knew. Thorndike Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-7862-1653-6.
  6. ^ Nancy Edwards (1997). Landscape and Settlement in Medieval Wales. Oxbow Books. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-900188-36-4.
  7. ^ International Who's who in Classical Music. Europa Publications Limited. 2007. p. 445. ISBN 978-1-85743-416-3.
  8. ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Winners of the Prose Medal". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Enillwyr Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen". BBC Cymru (in Welsh). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  12. ^ Dai Jones (1997). Cyfres y Cewri: 17. Fi Dai Sy' 'Ma. Gwasg Gwynedd. ISBN 9780860741428.
  13. ^ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Remembering the original Mr and Mrs". WalesOnline. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  15. ^ Richards, Huw, "Wooller, Wilfred (1912-1997)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, September 2004. Retrieved 3 June 2019 (subscription required)
  16. ^ Harry Mullan (4 June 1997). "Obituary:Eddie Thomas". The Independent. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  17. ^ Farmer, David; Stead, Peter (1998). Ivor Allchurch M.B.E. Swansea: Christopher Davies (Publishing) Ltd. ISBN 0-7154-0733-3.
  18. ^ Stephens, Meic (24 July 1997). "Obituary: Ron Berry". The Independent. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  19. ^ Meic Stephens (7 August 1997). "Obituary: Rhydwen Williams". The Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  20. ^ Beavan, John (23 September 1997). "Obituary: Viscount Tonypandy". The Independent. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  21. ^ Buckingham, Mike. (1999). Alexander Cordell. Frame, Richard. Cardiff: GPC Books. ISBN 058527911X. OCLC 45729340.
  22. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
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