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 |
Edward Matthew Tonkin b.1848 Upper , Western Australia d.1923 Bussel, Western Australia | ||||||||
Frederick William Tonkin b.1878 Frema, Western Australia d.1943 Adelaide, South Australia | Emma Louisa Stevens b.1853 Keynsh, United Kingdom d.1925 Bussel, Western Australia | |||||||
Ronald French Tonkin b.1914 Walkervil, South Australia d.1976 | ||||||||
Amy Flora Rollbursh b.1878 Oakbank, South Australia d.1937 Walkerville, Sa | ||||||||
Joyce Mary Scott b. d. | ||||||||