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 |
John HITCHON b.1847 Read, Burnley, Lancs d.1922 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
John Robert HITCHON b.1879 Hapton, Burnley, Lancs d.1949 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs | Sarah Jane ROSEVERE b.1856 Widnes, Lancs d.1910 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs | |||||||
Edwin HITCHON b.1901 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1976 Blackpool, Lancs | ||||||||
George Arthur HITCHON b.1923 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1943 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs | Caroline WHITTAKER b.1880 d. Y/ | |||||||
John HITCHON b.1927 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1996 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Lillian Mary WALKER b.1897 Islington, London d.1967 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||