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 |
Harrry PENROSE b. d. Y/ | ||||||||
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Miles HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1885 Preston, Lancs d.1945 Burnley, Lancs | Ellen HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1863 Alston, Longridge, Lancs d.1936 Amounderness, Lancs | |||||||
Ethel HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1908 Nelson, Lancs d. Y/ | ||||||||
Margaret E WHITTAM b.1878 d.1919 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||