Pyst Dave Edmunds - Closer to the Flame Hanner Pei - Locsyn Siân James - Cysgodion Karma Jeffrey Lewis - Westminster Mass Manic Street Preachers - "New Art Riot" World Party - Goodbye Jumbo Film Catherine Zeta-Jones plays her first major film role in 1001 Nights Welsh-language films Chwedl Nadolig Nel O.M. Broadcasting Welsh-language television The Broadcasting Act 1990 redefines the responsibilities of S4C. Programmes: Tydi Bywyd yn Boen English-language television Hughezovka (documentary about John Hughes, founder of Donetsk) Sport BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Ian Woosnam Football – Hereford United win the Welsh Cup, but Wrexham, as the top Welsh club, take their place in European competition. Horse racing – Norton's Coin, trained by Sirrel Griffiths at Nantgaredig, wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup at record odds of 100-1. Births 10 March - Luke Rowe, cyclist 14 March – Joe Allen, footballer 1 April – Joe Partington, footballer 17 April – Jonathan Brown, footballer 19 August – Laura Deas, skeleton racer 17 September – Jazmin Carlin, swimmer 16 October - Natalie Powell, judoka 23 October - Sian Williams, rugby player 14 November – Casey Thomas, footballer 22 November - Steffan Jones, rugby player 26 December – Aaron Ramsey, footballer Deaths 4 January – Alwyn Sheppard Fidler, architect, 80 20 January – Trevor Every, cricketer, 80 2 February – Joe Erskine, boxer, 56 12 March – Alf Sherwood, footballer, 66 13 March – Llewellyn Heycock, Baron Heycock, politician, 84 25 March – David Evans, cricketer and umpire, 56 2 April – Peter Jones, radio commentator, 60 4 May – John Ormond, poet and film-maker, 67 9 June – Angus McBean, photographer, 86 10 June – John Evans, world's oldest man at the time, 112 17 June – Menna Gallie, writer 24 June – Sean Hughes, politician of Welsh parentage, 44 (cancer) 7 July – Idwal Davies, rugby player, 74 6 September – Jack Howells, film-maker, 77 29 October – Emrys Roberts, politician, 80 1 November – Jack Petersen, former British heavyweight boxing champion, 79 8 November – Ned Jenkins, Wales international rugby player, 86 13 November – Richard Lewis, operatic tenor, 76 22 November – Cliff Jones, Wales international rugby captain, 76 23 November – Roald Dahl, Cardiff-born children's writer, 74 27 November – Cliff Jones, rugby player, 76 5 December – Eric Whitman, cricketer, 81 23 December – Gwilym Williams, former Archbishop of Wales, 77 24 December