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 |
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Richard HAWTHORNTHWAITES b.1883 Darwen, Lancs d. Y/ | Rebecca HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1860 Darwen, Lancs d. Y/ | |||||||
Richard HAWTHORNTHWAITES b.1907 Darwen, Lancs d.1975 Blackburn, Lancs | ||||||||
Mary BRIGGS b.1882 Darwen, Lancs d.1917 Blackburn, Lancs | ||||||||
Doreen HAWTHORNTHWAITES b. Private d. | ||||||||
Doris Stella HIRST b.1900 Hunslet, Yorks d.1993 Bournemouth, Dorset | ||||||||