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 |
James Ferguson b.1871 Glasgow, Scotland d.1961 Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||
Walter Gillies Ferguson b.1914 Glasgow, Scotland d.1972 Glasgow, Scotland | John Andrew b.1852 Eastwood-Thor, Scotland d. | |||||||
Margaret Sproull Andrew b.1876 Pollockshaws, Scotland d.1957 Pollockshaws, Scotland | Janet Chapman McLean b.1853 Mearns, Scotland d.1916 | |||||||
Elizaberth Knox b.1917 d.1998 | ||||||||