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 |
Richard HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1842 Blackburn, Lancs d.1911 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Ephraim HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1873 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1953 Burnley, Lancs | Martha BRINNAND b.1843 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1909 Burnley, Lancs | |||||||
Frank HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1910 Burnley, Lancs d.1988 Burnley, Lancs | George HANDLEY b.1852 Church, Lancs d.1899 West Bromwich, Staffs | |||||||
Lydia HANDLEY b.1875 Church, Lancs d.1933 Burnley, Lancs | Mary Ann GREENWOOD b.1852 Burnley, Lancs d.1927 Blackburn, Lancs | |||||||
Peter Kenw HAYTHORNTHWAITE b. Private d. | ||||||||
Kathleen KENWAY b.1914 Burnley, Lancs d.1966 Read, Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||