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Author Mary Ann Shaffer is born 13th December
Birth of Sark-based writer Mervyn Peake 9th July
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16 March

BBC Radio Guernsey takes to the air

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Schoolboys and teacher went missing off Sark

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Hitler ordered the Channel Islands’ fortification

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French fishing boats prepare to invade

On this day in Jersey...


  • The Co-operative movement is born in Jersey
    The Co-operative Society was established after a 23 May meeting at the Oddfellows Hall and opened its office at New Street one month later.
  • Plane scrapes the runway at Jersey Airport
    A DC-8 flying into Jersey came in with its nose too high and its tail too low. The tail struck the runway and scraped along it.

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