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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 MCCREAE
 b.1905 Lisnaskea, IRELAND
 d.1971 Caton, Lancs
 Walter Douglas MCCREAE
 b. Private
 d.         
 Beryl Mary MCCREAE
 b. Private
 d.         
 Stephen HAYTHORNTHWAIT
 b.1845 Cockley Bank, Yorks
 d.1915 Caton, Lancs
 John Newh HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1873 Caton, Lancs
 d.1936 Lunesdale, Lancs
 Jane NEWHOUSE
 b.1844 Aughton, Lancs
 d.1929 Lunesdale, Lancs
 Mary Ellen HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1911 Crossgill Farm, Lancs
 d.2000 Caton, Lancs
 Mary WILDMAN
 b.1877
 d.1950 Lancaster, Lancs