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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
 Peter HITCHON
 b.1840 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1887 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Horace HITCHON
 b.1865 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1911 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Susan (or Sarah) HALL
 b.1844 Newchurch in Pend, Lancs
 d.1867 Whalley, Lancs
 James Charles HITCHON
 b.1893 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1969 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Mary LAYCOCK
 b.1869 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1955 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Gladys HITCHON
 b. Private
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 Ada HAWORTH
 b.1897 Read, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1976 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs