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 |
John RILEY b. d. Y/ | ||||||||
Joan RILEY b.1927 d.2002 St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs | ||||||||
William Ellis COOKE b.1868 d.1952 Liverpool, Lancs | ||||||||
Christina COOKE b.1899 d. Y/ | Richard HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1842 Blackburn, Lancs d.1911 Burnley, Lancs | |||||||
Mary Ann HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1866 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1954 St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs | Martha BRINNAND b.1843 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1909 Burnley, Lancs | |||||||