1972 in Wales

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1 January - Welsh rugby captain John Dawes is made an OBE in the New Year Honours List.
30 January - Opening to rail traffic of the new Britannia Bridge linking Anglesey with mainland Wales (following the destruction of the previous bridge by a fire).
3 May - Leslie Harvey, guitarist of Stone the Crows, is fatally electrocuted while performing at Swansea's Top Rank Suite.
13 September - Hypermarkets make their debut in the United Kingdom some twenty years after debuting in France, when French retail giant Carrefour opens a hypermarket in Caerphilly.^[1]
26 October - The passing of the Local Government Act 1972 will reorganise and simplify local government in Wales and Monmouthshire from 1974.
11 December - Rhoose Airport is opened by The Duke of Edinburgh.
Sir Morien Morgan becomes Master of Downing College, Cambridge.
The "Miners' Tramway" at Llechwedd Slate Caverns opens to the public.
The island of Flat Holm is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
The communities of Machynys and Bwlch y Gwynt cease to exist, following the closedown of local industry; the residents are moved into Llanelli.^[2]
Llyn Brianne regulating reservoir on the River Towy is completed; its dam is the UK's tallest, standing at a height of 300 ft (91 m).

The film of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood appears, with Richard Burton, Glynis Johns, Ryan Davies and many other Welsh stars.
Hywel Bennett stars with Hayley Mills in Endless Night.

Kenneth Griffith's reputation is underlined with a four-part documentary series about the Boer War, Sons of the Blood.
Anthony Hopkins wins acclaim for his first starring role on television in BBC2's adaptation of War and Peace.
Glyn Houston appears as Bunter opposite Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, in the first of several TV serials based on the stories of Dorothy L. Sayers.

Chess - Wales competes in the World Chess Olympiad at Skopje, Yugoslavia.
Cricket - Tony Lewis captains England on his Test debut in Delhi, India.
Rugby union
- 25 March - Derek Quinnell makes his debut for Wales against France.
- 31 October - Llanelli RFC defeat the New Zealand All Blacks 9-3 at Stradey Park in front of 26,000 supporters.
The Welsh Sports Association is established.
BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Richard Meade

17 January - Stan Davies, footballer, 73
4 February - Sir Charles Robert Harington, chemist, 74
25 February - S. O. Davies, politician
7 March - Jack Morley, Wales and British Lions rugby player
10 March - Gwynfor Davies, cricketer, 63
10 April - Ormond Jones, footballer, 61
28 May - The Duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII and a former Prince of Wales)
14 June (at Goathurst) - Glyn Simon, Archbishop of Wales (1968–71), 69
9 July - Sir Henry Morris-Jones, doctor, soldier and politician, 87
12 August - Reg Anderson, cricketer, 58
28 September - Tom Roberts, Wales international rugby union player
19 October - David Hughes, opera singer
November - Fred Keenor, footballer, 78
6 November - Hilary Marquand, economist and MP
30 November - Frank Evans, dual-code international rugby player, 75
4 December - Lynn Ungoed-Thomas, politician and judge, 68

↑ "The Hypermarket — Gold mine or white elephant". International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management. MCB. 1 (6): 42–44. doi:10.1108/eb017761.
↑ Fisk, Stephen (June 2009). "Abandoned Communities - Machynys". Retrieved 2009-08-05.

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