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 |
E Cave b. d. | ||||||||
Samuel Davison b. d. | ||||||||
R Davison b. d. | John Pocklington b.1866 Abb, Yorks. (Tadcaster) d.1926 Sunderland. | |||||||
Catherine(Katie) Pocklington b.1902 Bishop Auckla, Co Duham d. | Margaret Jane Swift b. Bishop Auckland. d.1918 Bishop Auckland. | |||||||