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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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 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