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 |
George Thomas BARNES b. d. Y/ | ||||||||
Harold BARNES b.1897 Oswaldtwistle, Lancs d.1968 Accrington, Lancs | Richard HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1847 Cockley Bank, Yorks d.1891 Ormskirk, Lancs | |||||||
Isabella HAYTHORNTHWAIT b.1874 Bury, Lancs d.1950 Darwen, Lancs | Isabella WALKER b.1851 d.1874 Bury, Lancs | |||||||
Donald Tom BARNES b. Private d. | ||||||||
Eva Mary Fletcher BRIDGE b.1899 Oswaldtwistle, Lancs d.1998 Ribble Valley, Lancs | ||||||||