GedHTree HomepageIndex
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
 William PARKER
 b.         
 d.          Y/
 Richard HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1844 Blackburn, Lancs
 d.1884 Vasa, FINLAND
 Frank Richa HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1878 Vasa, FINLAND
 d.1947 Blackburn, Lancs
 Olga Sofia CARLSTRO¨M
 b.1853 Helsingfors, FINLAND
 d.1892 Vasa, FINLAND
 Olga HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1906 Mellor, Blackburn, Lancs
 d.1997 Blackburn, Lancs
 George HINDLE
 b.1858
 d.1929 Billington, Lancs
 Margaret HINDLE
 b.1884 Blackburn, Lancs
 d.1967 Blackburn, Lancs
 Elizabeth HAWORTH
 b.1857 Blackburn, Lancs
 d.          Y/