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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
 David Will HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1853 Hulme, Chorlton, Lancs
 d.1918 Newcastle upon , Northld
 Reuben HAWTHORNTHWAIT
 b.1881 Newcastle upon , Northld
 d.1969 Newcastle upon , Northld
 Margaret Jane COLTMAN
 b.1859 Sunderland, Dur
 d.1931 Newcastle upon , Northld
 William HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1908 Newcastle upon , Northld
 d.1997 Durham Northern, Dur
 Annie STEPHENSON
 b.1875 South Shields, Dur
 d.1935 Gateshead, Dur
 Douglas W HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b. Private
 d.         
 Elizabeth ORRICK
 b.1908 Newcastle upon , Northld
 d.1997 Durham Northern, Dur