and Percussion Film Ronald Lewis stars in Scream of Fear and Stop Me Before I Kill. Victor Spinetti makes his screen debut in The Gentle Terror. Clifford Evans stars in The Curse of the Werewolf. Pirates of Tortuga, American adventure based on the Welsh privateer, Henry Morgan Broadcasting Welsh-language television Ambell i Gan Pwt o'r Papur Gair o Gyngor English-language television 7 April – The Independent Television Authority (ITA) invites bids for its west and north Wales licence. On 6 June, the franchise is awarded to the Wales Television Association. 20 June – The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, Reginald Bevins, informs the Wales Television Association that approval has been given for an ITA transmitter in the Flint-Denbigh area. Sport Boxing – Howard Winstone wins the British featherweight title. BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Bryn Meredith Births 24 January – Tarki Micallef, professional footballer 7 May – Phil Campbell, rock guitarist 5 July – Gareth Jones ("Gaz Top"), television presenter 7 July – Steve Brace, long-distance runner 8 August – Simon Weston, war hero 18 August – Huw Edwards, newsreader 30 August – Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin, charity worker and Labour peer 29 September – Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia (in Barry) 20 October – Ian Rush, footballer 1 November – Nicky Grist, racing driver date unknown Ifor ap Glyn, Welsh-language poet and television presenter Twm Morys, poet Deaths 14 January – William Bowen, Army officer, 62 18 January – William Jones, poet, 64 2 February – Kate Williams Evans, suffragette, 84 10 February – Tom Beynon, Presbyterian minister and historian, 74 18 April – John Evans, Labour politician, 85 30 April – Charles Williams, academic, 55 28 June – Huw Menai, poet, 74 3 July – Albert Jenkin, Wales international rugby player, 88 14 August – Alec James, cricketer, 72 31 October – Augustus John, painter, 83 20 November – Edwin Thomas Maynard, Wales international rugby player, 83 4 December – John Pugh, Archdeacon of Carmarthen, 76 date unknown – Llewelyn Davies, footballer, 79/80 See also 1961 in Northern Ireland 1961 in Scotland 1961 in the United Kingdom References Wales