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 |
George Flood THORN b.1866 Kingkerswell, Devon d.1938 Devon, England | ||||||||
Daisy Ada THORN b.1890 Exeter, Devon, England d.1978 Exeter, Devon, England | ||||||||
Isabella HAWKINS b.1864 Exeter, Devon, England d.1947 Exeter, Devon, England | ||||||||