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 | |||||||||
John Thom HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1864 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1947 Burnley, Lancs | Martha BRINNAND b.1843 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1909 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Walter HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1891 Burnley, Lancs d.1949 Burnley, Lancs | |||||||||
Mary Ellen DYSON b.1865 d.1923 Burnley, Lancs | |||||||||
Edwin HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1914 Burnley, Lancs d. | |||||||||
Anon WILLAN b. d. | |||||||||