19th February 1972
Surrealist artist Marcel Moore commits suicide
Marcel Moore was born Suzanne Alberte Malherbe, in Nantes, in 1892. She moved to Jersey in 1937 with her partner, Claude Cahun and stayed on the island throughout the occupation, during which they distributed anti-Nazi propaganda. They managed to remain undetected until 1944, when they were tried and sentenced to death. Only the island’s liberation, saved their lives. Cahun died in 1954; Moore committed suicide, aged 79, on 19 February 1972.
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Plane gets lost coming out of Jersey
- A Jersey Airways flight from Jersey to Portsmouth got lost in the English Channel as the fog brought visibility down to less than 20 feet.
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Dean of Jersey killed in Mont Orgueil escape attempt
- The Dean of Jersey died when he tried to escape from Mont Orgueil castle by climbing down a rope of knotted bed sheets.
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The States of Jersey adopts Jèrriais as an official language
- The States of Jersey votes to allow the island's own language to be used in debated, alongside English.
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Fishermen discover an unexpected coffin
- When a paddle steamer was grounded, and sank, some of its cargo was lost, including a coffin and the corpse inside it.
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