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1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1830 French Revolution
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
 Rafn Jónsson
 b.1833 Sælingsdalstunga, Iceland
 d.1904 R.M. of Gimli, Manitoba
 Pjetur Fridholm Rafnsson
 b.1878 Gimli, Manitoba
 d.1941 Brandon, Manitoba
 Rósa Jónsdóttír
 b.1848 Kirðjahvammi (just out o
 d.1930 Betel Home, Manitoba
 Johann (Joe) Soffonias Rafnsson
 b.1903
 d.1977 St. Boniface Ho, Manitoba
 Jóhann Vilhelm Bjerring
 b.1843 Húsavik
 d.         
 Johanna Katrin Johannsdottir
 b.1872 Einarsstadir, Iceland
 d.1921 R.M of Brandon
 Soffia Jónatansdóttir
 b.1849 Einarsstadir, Iceland
 d.         
 Kathleen Florence Hurd
 b.1908 Laura, Saskatchewan
 d.1979 Winnipeg, Manitoba