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
Guernsey’s first banker dies
- The bank set up by Thomas Priaulx can be traced through to Nat West and the Royal Bank of Scotland today.
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The Channel Islands were cut off from the outside world
- A break in the telegraph cable that connected the Channel Islands to the mainland left Guernsey and Jersey cut off from the outside world in 1878.
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Alderney gets its first full-time radio station
- Alderney radio station Quay FM launched on a full-time community radio licence in 2015, having broadcast in summer and at Christmas since 2000.
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St Sampson was ordained a bishop
- Guernsey's patron saint was ordained a bishop in 521, and founded a church during his brief stay on the island.
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