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 |
Thomas HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1845 Slaidburn, Yorks d.1935 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Ernest HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1879 West Derby, Lancs d.1951 Nelson, Lancs | Mary WHITAKER b.1846 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1927 Burnley, Lancs | |||||||
Stanley HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1916 Burnley, Lancs d.1992 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Blanche GREGORY b.1885 d.1962 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Mary Jane WALMSLEY b. d. | ||||||||