27th July 1929
Author Jack Higgins is born
Jack Higgins was born Henry Patterson, on 27 July 1929. He is best known for his 1975 thriller, The Eagle Has Landed, although this wasn’t his first work: he’d already had several books published before that, under both his birth name and several pseudonyms. He moved to Jersey in the 1970s as a tax exile.
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Other events that occured in July
Jersey Opera House is opened
- Jersey Opera House was opened in 1900 by Lillie Langtry. It was later a theatre and cinema, and was badly damaged by fire.
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Jersey’s Theatre Royal burns down
- Jersey lost its theatre on the morning of 31 July 1863. It was discovered ablaze at 4am and, by 9am, nothing was left of the £5000 building.
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Triple Cross opens in cinemas
- Triple Cross tells the story of Eddie Chapman who was arrested in Jersey during the occupation and became a triple agent.
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Emergency supplies are sea-lifted to Jersey
- Emergency supplies were rushed to Jersey at the end of the General Strike, just before the dockers took action.
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