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. | ||||||||