Aberfan disaster
1966 · Event
Coal spoil tip engulfs a Welsh school, killing 116 children.
On these timelines: Wales, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
More from Wales
- Death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1282)
- National Assembly for Wales established (1999)
- Edward I's conquest of Wales (1277)
- Gruffudd ap Llywelyn unites Wales (1055)
- Owain Glyndŵr's revolt (1400)
- Aneurin Bevan (1897)
- Senedd gains law-making powers (2011)
- Rise of the South Wales coalfield (1850)
Around 1966
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- The Beatles (1960)