2005 in Wales - Events

Events

• 10 January - Jane Hutt loses her job as Health Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government, a post she had held since 1999. She is replaced by Dr Brian Gibbons. First Minister Rhodri Morgan denies it is a sacking, and moves Mrs Hutt to the post of Business Minister.
• 22 January - Tsunami Relief concert held at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff -the largest live music event in the UK since Live Aid. Performers included Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Manic Street Preachers, Lulu, Aled Jones, Kelly Jones, Charlotte Church, Katherine Jenkins, Feeder, Snow Patrol, Liberty X, Craig David, Heather Small, Keane.
• 14 February - An earthquake with a strength of 3.8 is felt in Llandudno.
• April - Launch of Audiences Wales.
• 2 April - First Minister Rhodri Morgan travels to Vietnam to take part in a trade mission.
• 9 April - As announced on 10 February, the Prince of Wales married Camilla Parker Bowles; however, she uses the style HRH The Duchess of Cornwall rather than Princess of Wales.
• 27 April - March Networks, a company founded by Sir Terry Matthews, goes IPO.
• 5 May - In the United Kingdom general election, 2005, the Conservative Party win three Welsh constituencies, the first time since 1997 that they had held any parliamentary seats in Wales. In the new Cabinet, Paul Murphy is replaced as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group is formed by Peter Law.
• 6 May - Welsh Secretary, Peter Hain, makes a public apology to soprano Katherine Jenkins for using her image on election leaflets without her permission. Following the General Election, Hain is also appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whilst retaining his Wales appointment.
• 21 June - A new exhibition, "Cardiff's Century", opens to commemorate its first hundred years as a city.
• 29 June - Aspers is selected as the casino operator to invest in Cardiff's planned new £700 million International Sports Village.
• July - A rare Sooty Tern is spotted in the Skerries, Anglesey.
• 13 July - The Prince of Wales opens a new building to house the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum.
• 30 July - An anti-racism rally is held in Cardiff as a result of an attack on the Shah Jalal Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre.
• 5 August - Aled Jones is among those admitted to the Gorsedd of bards.
• 17–18 October - National Waterfront Museum opens in Swansea.
• 19 October - Liverpool City Council issues a formal apology for the flooding of the Tryweryn valley to create the reservoir of Llyn Celyn during the 1950s.
• 28 October - Cardiff celebrates its centenary as a city.
• November - Swansea University announces its new Institute of Advanced Telecommunications (IAT).
• 1 November - The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall arrive in the USA for their first overseas visit since their marriage.
• 1 December - Village of Ystradfellte connected to mains electricity, probably the last in Wales to be wired.
• 20 December - On his first visit to Wales as Leader of the Opposition, David Cameron states that "devolution is here to stay".
• Trinity College, Carmarthen, becomes part of the University of Wales.
• A Welsh language version of Scrabble is marketed for the first time.