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Event	Date
Telex, phones and telegram cables go quiet	18th December
The States of Guernsey registers the gov.gg domain	24th April
The Channel Islands were cut off from the outside world	21st February
Guernsey Press registers its domain	4th January

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Curious bottles wash up on Jersey's beaches
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