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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
1830 French Revolution
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
 John HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1838 Dilworth, Preston, Lancs
 d.1911 Oldham, Lancs
 Robert HAWTHORNTHWAIT
 b.1866 Alston, Longridge, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Margaret HOWARTH
 b.1835 Hoghton, Preston, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Norman HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1901 Blackley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Lilley CLOSE
 b.1866 Stamford, Lincs
 d.1901 Prestwich, Lancs
 Edith May FAGAN
 b.1903 Barton upon Irwell, Lancs
 d.          Y/