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 |
John HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1841 Higher Wood Ho, Yorks d.1912 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Hanson HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1876 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1947 Nelson, Lancs | Ellen HARTLEY b.1850 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1910 Burnley, Lancs | |||||||
Hartley HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1904 Burnley, Lancs d.1967 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Sarah Ann DYSON b.1883 d.1986 Blackburn, Lancs | ||||||||
Elsie A WATKINSON b.1907 d.1992 Staincliffe, Yorks | ||||||||