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 |
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David HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1894 Tockholes, Lancs d.1926 Manchester South, Lancs | William HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1903 Preston, Lancs d. Y/ | |||||||
Norah HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1896 Tockholes, Lancs d. Y/ | | |||||||
Elsie HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1898 Witton, Blackburn, Lancs d.1898 Witton, Blackburn, Lancs | ||||||||
Helena HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1899 Witton, Blackburn, Lancs d.1899 Darwen, Lancs | ||||||||
Jane FLAHERTY b.1866 Sheffield, Yorks d.1911 Darwen, Lancs | ||||||||