1989 Berlin wall falls 1991 Persian Gulf War 1991 Break-up of the Soviet Union 1994 Channel tunnel opens to traffic 1997 Scotland Scientists clone a sheep | 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 |
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Thomas HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1909 Bolton, Lancs d.1975 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
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Annie Astin WALSH b.1909 Burnley, Lancs d.1973 Nelson, Lancs | ||||||||