29th February 1964
Second World War bomb detonated
Construction workers at Fort George uncovered a bomb on their site, left over from the Second World War. All work stopped until RAF bomb disposal experts arrived from the mainland.
They diffused the weapon in place and took it off site for disposal. They detonated it in a controlled explosion so that it would not be a danger to anyone, and construction work could resume.
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Other events that occured in February
Death of Thomas Fiott de Havilland
- De Havilland was a Guernsey-born architect and engineer posted to India who constructed some of the most notable buildings in Madras.
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The last issue of GUNS was distributed
- GUNS, the Guernsey Underground News Service, distributed BBC news during the occupation
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Murder inquiry ends with suicide
- A murderer who fled from Scotland after killing his father and one other with arsenic committed suicide when cornered on Guernsey
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Guernsey’s first Methodist minister arrives
- Jean de Quetteville was Guernsey's first Methodist minister and now has the title Apostle of the Channel Islands.
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