What is Aberfan disaster?
The '''Aberfan disaster''' occurred on 21 October 1966.<ref name=B>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/october/21/newsid_3194000/3194860.stm 1966: Aberfan - a generation wiped out]</ref> It was the collapse of a [[colliery]] [[spoil tip]] onto the village of [[Aberfan]] in [[Glamorgan]], [[Wales]]. It killed 144 people, most of them children.<ref name=B/> ==References== <references/> {{history-stub}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:1966 in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Disasters in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Glamorgan]] [[Category:History of Wales]]