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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
 Ronald B P METCALF
 b.         
 d.          Y/
 Arthur Fre HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1862 Hulme, Chorlton, Lancs
 d.1945 Newcastle upon , Northld
 Frederick HAWTHORNTHWAI
 b.1886 Newcastle upon , Northld
 d.1970 Holderness, Yorks
 Mary Isabella CREA
 b.1864 Newcastle upon , Northld
 d.1947 Newcastle upon , Northld
 Lilian HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1911 Newcastle upon , Northld
 d.1992 Durham Northern, Dur
 Ethel PHILIPSON
 b.1886 Swalwell, Gateshead, Dur
 d.1963 Newcastle upon , Northld