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 |
John Thom HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1864 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1947 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Walter HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1891 Burnley, Lancs d.1949 Burnley, Lancs | Mary Ellen DYSON b.1865 d.1923 Burnley, Lancs | |||||||
Edwin HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1913 Burnley, Lancs d.1987 Worthing, Sussex | ||||||||
Edith Alice WILLAN b.1891 d.1972 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Gertrude Teresa GITTINS b.1903 d.1975 Worthing, Sussex | ||||||||