On this day in 1958, Kenny Morgans   was found unconscious amongst the debris of the Munich air disaster involving the Manchester United soccer team, he was the youngest player involved in the crash and the last survivor to be rescued from the mangled wreckage, five hours after the official search was called off.

Born in Swansea, Morgans signed for Manchester United in 1955 and was soon the club's first-choice right-winger.  He recovered physically from the crash and was back in the side before the end of the season, but his playing form was never the same and left the club in 1961 to play for Swansea Town and later Newport County before retiring and returning to South Wales to run a pub, before finishing his working life as a ship's chandler.

Born this day 1960, in Cardiff

Jeremy Bowen ,  journalist and television presenter. He was the BBC's Middle East correspondent and has been its Middle East Editor since 2005.  

On 6th February 1890 an explosion at Llanerch Colliery, Pontypool killed 176 miners.

When the explosion occurred the blast was heard two miles away and willing hands came from neighbouring and distant mines but there were only ten survivors.  The inquest into the disaster reported that the cause of the explosion was the gas firedamp ignited by the naked lights of the men who were working there and it strongly recommended the future use of safety lamps.  It was also found that on the morning of the explosion, the mine had not been throughly checked for gas.

Firedamp is the name given to a number of flammable gases, especially methane, which is present in gaps in coal seams, which when released, can trigger explosions.