Bevan, Aneurin(Nye)

British Welsh labor leader and politician

1897 - Born on the 15th of November in Tredegar, Monmouthshire.

1916 - He was head of his local Miners' Lodge.

1919 - Won a scholarship to the Central Labour College in London.

1921 - Founded that the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company refused to re-hire him.

1924 - In the Bedwellty Colliery, and it closed down after ten months.

1925 - Still unemployed and in February, his beloved father died of pneumoconiosis.

1926 - Worked as a paid union official.

1928 - He won a seat on Monmouthshire County Council.

1934 - Married fellow socialist MP Jennie Lee.

1936 - He joined the board of the new socialist newspaper the Tribune.

1948 - By National Health Service Act of 1946, established National Health Service.

1959 - Despite suffering from terminal cancer he was elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.

Clement Attlee, appointed Aneurin Bevan as Minister of Health.

1960 - Aneurin Bevan died from terminal cancer on 6th of July.