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 |
James HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1854 Preston, Lancs d.1909 Preston, Lancs | ||||||||
Joseph HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1893 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d. Y/ | Sarah Ann HOWARD b.1857 Macclesfield, Cheshire d.1895 Accrington, Lancs | |||||||
Bernard G HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1930 Burnley, Lancs d.1997 Sefton North, Lancs | ||||||||
Ellen Ann KING b.1898 Skipton, Yorks d.1942 Amounderness, Lancs | ||||||||
Lorna ROE b. d. | ||||||||