Tag: castle cornet
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Channel Television disappears
Channel Television disappeared from the airwaves, Guernsey featured in the Channel Four gameshow Treasure Hunt, and Sibyl Beaumont, who would go on to rule Sark for almost five decades, was born. Jersey's Fort Regent was nearly destroyed by a fierce blaze that came close to igniting the arsenal, an 80-year-old murderer died after suffering a heart attack in court, and the man who devised St Helier's sewage system ducked out at a terribly early age.
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The world’s first underwater arrest
Guernsey zoo is put up for sale, Jersey makes its first ever weather observation, Alderney elects its first president, a Jersey wartime hero is commended for his exceptional bravery, and Guernsey Police makes the world's first ever underwater arrest.
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A quake shakes the Channel Islands
An earthquake shakes the Channel Islands, a real-life Robinson Crusoe starves to death off Herm, the Channel Islands are cut off from the outside world, and Guernsey's Castle Cornet surrenders after a 9-year siege.
