Aberfan disaster
October 21, 1966
A coal-waste tip collapsed onto a Welsh village school in the morning, killing one hundred forty-four people, one hundred sixteen of them children. The slag heap had been piled there for decades despite warnings. The National Coal Board was found responsible. British industrial society had to face what it did to its working communities.
In context
Also in 1966 (3 other events on record)
- Cultural Revolution launched · East Asia · Politics
- Black Panthers founded · North America · Politics
- Miranda rights · North America · Politics
Before and after in Europe
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Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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