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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
 Havardur Gudmundsson
 b.1862 Sveinsstaðir, Iceland
 d.1939 Hayland, Canada
 Jon Howardson
 b.1885 Skorrastadur, Iceland
 d.1975 Vancouver, B.C.
 Helga Jónsdóttir
 b.1854 Kirkjuból, Iceland
 d.1901 (poss, Mb.
 Gudmunder M. Howardson
 b.1921 Siglunes, Mb.
 d.1981 Prince Rupert, B.C.
 Bjarni Torfason
 b.1850 Hjalt, Norður-Múlasýsla
 d.1926 Gimli, Mb.
 Maria Bjarnadottir
 b.1886 Dver, Norður-Múlasýsla
 d.1923 Siglunes, Mb.
 Katrín Gissurardóttir
 b.1862 Kálfafellsstaðarsókn, Austur-Skaptafellssýsla
 d.1934 Gimli, Mb.
 Randolph Hyde Howardson
 b.1948 Winnipeg, Mb.
 d.2004 Richmond, B.C.
 Sheila Belle Hyde
 b.1922 Winnipeg, Mb.
 d.1986 Burnaby, B.C.