24 February - Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer.
5 April - UK census: Results reveal that the percentage of Welsh language speakers has fallen to an all-time low of 18.9% of the Welsh population and Gwynedd is the only Welsh county with a Welsh-speaking majority.
↑Mair Rees (2014). Y Llawes Goch a'r Faneg Wen: Y Corff Benywaidd a'i Symbolaeth mewn Ffuglen Gymraeg gan Fenywod (in Welsh). University of Wales Press. p.237. ISBN9781783161256.