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1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on moon
1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
1989 Berlin wall falls
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
 William E HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1866 Salford, Lancs
 d.1949 Spen Valley, Yorks
 James HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1900 Burnley, Lancs
 d.1978 Nelson, Lancs
 Sarah Ann HARTLEY
 b.1871 Foulridge, Colne, Lancs
 d.1942 Nelson, Lancs
 John HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b. Private
 d.         
 Martin HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b. Private
 d.         
 Catherine DOWNHAM
 b.1904 Burnley, Lancs
 d.1989 Burnley & Pendle, Lancs
 Julie HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b. Private
 d.         
 Iris ROPER
 b. Private
 d.