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 |
George Wood b. d. | ||||||||
Hazel Wood b. d. | James Stephen Pressley b.1851 Herne Bay, Kent, England d.1946 Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||
Henrietta Louisa Pressley b.1885 Adelaide, South Australia d. Adelaide | Elizabeth Jarvis b.1859 Canterbury, England d.1940 Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||
Jack Allan b. d. | ||||||||