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.1844 Blackburn, Lancs d.1884 Vasa, FINLAND | ||||||||
Oscar Herb HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1882 Vasa, FINLAND d.1939 Wilpshire, Lancs | Olga Sofia CARLSTRO¨M b.1853 Helsingfors, FINLAND d.1892 Vasa, FINLAND | |||||||
Richard Lor HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1908 Wilpshire, Lancs d.1935 Clayton-le-Dale, Lancs | Alfred HITCHON b.1848 Trap Cottage, Lancs d.1944 Withycombe Ralei, Devon | |||||||
Mary Emma HITCHON b.1882 Haslingden, Lancs d.1978 Tilford, Surrey | Mary LORD b.1849 Sawley, Clitheroe, Lancs d.1917 Wilpshire, Lancs | |||||||
Sarah FOSTER b.1904 Preston, Lancs d.1939 Preston, Lancs | ||||||||