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 |
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James William Nichols b. d. | Edward Matthew Tonkin b.1848 Upper , Western Australia d.1923 Bussel, Western Australia | |||||||
George Edward Tonkin b.1875 Frema, Western Australia d.1916 Wellington Mill, Australia | Emma Louisa Stevens b.1853 Keynsh, United Kingdom d.1925 Bussel, Western Australia | |||||||
Ethel Mary Tonkin b.1901 Boyanup, WA d.1985 Bunbury, WA | ||||||||
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