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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 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