1969 Armstrong first person on moon 1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl 1989 Berlin wall falls 1991 Persian Gulf War 1991 Break-up of the Soviet Union | 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War | 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I |
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Fred HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1882 Preston, Lancs d.1933 Preston, Lancs | | |||||||
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Ellen BULGER b.1883 Preston, Lancs d.1960 Preston, Lancs | ||||||||