1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War 1969 Armstrong first person on moon 1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl | 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II | 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins |
Richard HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1842 Blackburn, Lancs d.1911 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Edwin Jame HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1863 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1952 Willesden, London | Martha BRINNAND b.1843 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1909 Burnley, Lancs | |||||||
Richard H HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1889 Burnley, Lancs d.1920 Willesden, London | ||||||||
Martha Anne HIGGIN b.1864 d.1950 London | ||||||||
Elsie Kate MARSDEN b.1891 Barnet, London d.1985 Brent, Middx | ||||||||