1946 in Wales - Events

Events

  • 12 July – The Coal Industry Nationalisation Act is passed by Parliament.
  • August
    • Arthur Horner becomes General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers.
    • Stocks of captured Nazi German bombs filled with Tabun (nerve agent) begin to be transferred from Llanberis to open storage at RAF Llandwrog.
  • November – The highest ever temperature for this month in the UK is recorded at Prestatyn: 71°F (21.7°C).
  • December - George Isaacs inaugurates the first Remploy factory, in Bridgend, with the aim of offering work to disabled ex-servicement.
  • A pneumoconiosis research unit is established at Llandough Hospital near Cardiff, in recognition of the damage being caused to miners' health.

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