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1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on moon
1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
1989 Berlin wall falls
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
 Daniel James ATKINSON
 b.         
 d.         
 Henry HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1865 Kirkham, Lancs
 d.1924 Burnley, Lancs
 Alphonso HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1905 Nelson, Lancs
 d.1991 Bury, Lancs
 Anon ANON
 b.1867 Lancaster, Lancs
 d.1929 Burnley, Lancs
 Mary HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b. Private
 d.         
 Gertrude HOLT
 b.1903 Burnley, Lancs
 d.1986 Burnley & Pendle, Lancs