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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
 William PAYNE
 b.1914
 d.1985 Lancaster, Lancs
 James HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1847 Kirkham, Lancs
 d.1926 Lancaster, Lancs
 John HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1883 Kirkham, Lancs
 d.1933 Lancaster, Lancs
 Ann KELLY
 b.1850 Drogheda, IRELAND
 d.1905 Lancaster, Lancs
 Elsie May HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1912 Lancaster, Lancs
 d.1985 Lancaster, Lancs
 Eliza POWLTON
 b.1884 Quernmore, Lancs
 d.1934 Lancaster, Lancs