This article is about the particular significance of the year 1963 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Cynan Events February 2 February – Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg holds its historic first protest in Aberystwyth, in the form of a sit-down at Trefechan Bridge. 9 February – The paramilitary Welsh nationalist organisation Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru plants a bomb at the construction site of the Tryweryn reservoir. date unknown – A record snowfall of nearly 5 ft (1.5m) occurs at Tredegar in Monmouthshire. March 6 March – After record freezing weather throughout the winter, it is the first day of the year when there is no frost in Wales. 28 March – Labour Party candidate Neil McBride wins the Swansea East by-election caused by the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) David Mort. June 28 June – Caerphilly railway works closes. August August – Mandy Rice-Davies gives evidence at the trial of Stephen Ward, including the famous phrase, "Well, he would, wouldn't he?" September 16 September – The Western Mail launches a fund-raising campaign to replace a stained glass window to replace the one shattered in the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, by the Ku Klux Klan on the previous day; the £500 target is reached within days. Date unknown Dunraven Castle is demolished. Arts and literature The home and cultural centre of Gregynog Hall at Tregynon in Montgomeryshire is given to the University of Wales by owners and art-collectors, Margaret and Gwendoline Davies, granddaughters of Victorian industrialist David Davies. A scientific journal in the Welsh language, Y Gwyddonydd, is launched. The Beatles play at Mold 24 January; Cardiff 27 May; Abergavenny 22 June; Rhyl 19–20 July; and Llandudno 12–17 August. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llandudno) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – withheld National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Tom Parri Jones National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – William Llywelyn Jones New books Kenneth O. Morgan – David Lloyd George, Welsh Radical as World Statesman Bertrand Russell – Essays in Skepticism R. S. Thomas – The Bread of Truth Clough Williams-Ellis – Portmeirion, the Place and its Meaning Music Arwel Hughes – Pantycelyn (oratorio) Daniel Jones – The Knife (opera) Grace Williams – Trumpet Concerto Film Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor star in Cleopatra. Desmond Llewelyn