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 HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1850 Alston, Longridge, Lancs d. Y/ | ||||||||
Mark HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1875 Dilworth, Lancs d.1955 Haslingden, Lancs | Ellen SINGLETON b.1849 Goosnargh, Lancs d. Y/ | |||||||
Walter HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1904 Bury, Lancs d.1993 Bury, Lancs | William HAMER b. d. Y/ | |||||||
Ruth HAMER b.1876 Bury, Lancs d.1945 Bury, Lancs | Sarah LOMAX b.1842 Bury, Lancs d. Y/ | |||||||
Joan HAWTHORNTHWAITE b. Private d. | ||||||||
Emily THORNTON b.1910 Bury, Lancs d.1985 Bury, Lancs | ||||||||