1964 1965 1967 The 1963 Aden airport attack was an incident which saw the beginning of the Aden Emergency.
Arab nationalists of the NLF made a grenade attack against the British High Commissioner, Sir Kennedy Trevaskis, killing one person and injuring 50.
[1] George Henderson, the assistant high commissioner, saved Sir Kennedy's life by pushing him out of the way.
Henderson later died of his injuries.
[2] The incident led to Britain declaring a state of emergency in South Arabia.