Aberfan Colliery Spoil Tip Disaster Kills 144, October 21, 1966
A colliery spoil tip slips onto houses and a school in the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of whom were schoolchildren.
Date: October 21, 1966
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