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 |
William Greeson Hammond b.1877 d.1945 Racine, Winsconsin | ||||||||
Reginald Hugh Hammond b.1907 Kirton Fen, Lincs, Eng d.1988 Blackpool, Lancs, Eng | Richard Pocklington b.1843 Algarkirk Fen, Lincs, Eng d.1896 Amber Hill, Lincs, Eng | |||||||
Mary Pocklington b.1878 Amber Hill, Lincs, Eng d.1944 Coningsby, Lincs, Eng | Lucy Weightman b.1847 Mablethorpe, lincs, Eng d.1924 Amber Hill, Lincs, Eng | |||||||
M. J. Hammond b. d. | ||||||||
Winifred Margaret Kirkby b. d. Blackpool, Lancs, Eng | ||||||||