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Explorer Edmund Kennedy is speared to death	13th December
Guernseyman Edward Tupper killed by cannibals	1st July

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Castle Cornet surrenders to Guernsey

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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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