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CELEBRATION 800

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20th Century
1905 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
First Muratti Football match between Guernsey & Jersey   Russian Revolution
1918 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
The Royal Guernsey Light Infantry is decimated in France Light Infantry
Royal Guernsey Light Infantry (PDF)
End of First World War
1923 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
Building begins on the Little Chapel at Les Vauxbelets Little Chapel  
1935 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
Cinemas become a popular form of entertainment in Guernsey Guernsey Cinema History 1936 Spanish Civil War
1939 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
Guernsey Airport opens Guernsey Airport World War II begins
1940 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
Evacuation of Guernsey residents and the German Occupation of Guernsey Occupation Memories  
1945 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
End of World War II. May 9th Liberation Day Occupied Guernsey First atomic bomb dropped
1947 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
Castle Cornet given to the States of Guernsey    
1950 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
Use of Guernsey - French begins to decline Guernsey Language  
1951 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
Tomato Marketing Board set up   Festival of Britain
1962 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
First transmission of Channel TV Channel Television The Beatles/1961 Berlin wall built
1976 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
Fort Grey houses a Shipwreck Museum Guernsey Museum Death of Mao Tse Tund
1978 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery opens in Candie Gardens Guernsey Museum  
1982 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
Evidence of Roman life in Guernsey found   Falklands War
1985 LINKS WORLD EVENTS
New Guernsey Flag Guernsey Flag and Arms Gorbachov elected in Russia. Gasnost.

 

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