6th March 1960
Guernsey players set darts record
A team of eight Guernsey darts players set a new world record for scoring 1,000,001 in a game lasting 23 hours and two minutes. They beat the previous record by four hours and 48 minutes. That landmark score had been set by a team from Bristol University just a week before.
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Other events that occured in March
Building work starts on Guernsey Airport
- Guernsey Airport took two years to build and was budgeted to cost £90,000.
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Guernsey Post Office is established
- Guernsey Post Office was established in 1794, but didn't get its first post box for another 60 years.
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Guernsey emergency services prepare for a disaster
- A four-day exercise involving emergency services from Guernsey and Jersey simulated a collision between a high speed ferry and a cruise ship.
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Occupying forces mount a desperate raid on Granville
- German forces raid an Allied supply dump in the French town of Granville and brought prisoners of war back to the Channel Islands.
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