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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
 
 
 
 Richard HAWTHORNTHWAITES
 b.1883 Darwen, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Rebecca HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1860 Darwen, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Arthur HAWTHORNTHWAITES
 b.1915 Darwen, Lancs
 d.2000 Denbigh, WALES
 Mary BRIGGS
 b.1882 Darwen, Lancs
 d.1917 Blackburn, Lancs
 Eileen WALSH
 b.1921 Blackburn, Lancs
 d.1978 Blackburn, Lancs