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/ | ||||||||
Thomas HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1874 Longridge, Lancs d.1957 Bury, Lancs | Ellen SINGLETON b.1849 Goosnargh, Lancs d. Y/ | |||||||
William HAWTHORNTHWAIT b.1899 Bury, Lancs d.1979 Bury, Lancs | William HAMER b. d. Y/ | |||||||
Emily HAMER b.1874 Bury, Lancs d.1921 Bury, Lancs | Sarah LOMAX b.1842 Bury, Lancs d. Y/ | |||||||
Dorothy Agnes LAMBERT b.1900 Sedbergh, Cumbria d.1965 Bury, Lancs | ||||||||