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Timeline - 1900s
1905
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World Events
First Muratti football match between Guernsey & Jersey
Russian Revolution
1918
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The Royal Guernsey Light Infantry is decimated in France
Light Infantry
End of WWI
1923
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Building begins on the Little Chapel at Les Vauxbelets
Little Chapel
Earthquake destroys one third of Toyko
1935
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Cinemas become a popular form of entertainment in Guernsey
Guernsey Cinema History
1936 Spanish Civil War
1939
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Guernsey Airport opens
Guernsey Airport
World War II begins
1940
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Evacuation of Guernsey residents and the German Occupation of Guernsey
Trotsky assisinated in Mexico
1945
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End of World War II. May 9th Liberation Day
Occupied Guernsey
First atomic bomb dropped
1947
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Castle Cornet given to the States of Guernsey
First Dead Sea Scrolls found
1950
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Use of Guernsey - French begins to decline
Guernsey Language
Korean War begins
1951
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Tomato Marketing Board set up
Festival of Britain
1962
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First transmission of Channel TV
Channel Television
The Beatles. Berlin wall built
1976
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Fort Grey houses a Shipwreck Museum
Fort Grey
Death of Mao Tse Tund
1978
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Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery opens in Candie Gardens
Guernsey Museum
John Paul II becomes Pope
1982
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Evidence of Roman life in Guernsey found
Falklands War
1985
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New Guernsey Flag
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Gorbachov elected in Russia. Gasnost.
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