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
Guernsey adopts Sterling currency
- Guernsey switched from the French Franc to Pounds Sterling in 1921.
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Birth of Baron James de Saumarez
- Guernsey-born Baron James de Saumarez fought in many of the Royal Navy's biggest sea battles.
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Alderney arrest sparks a “riot”
- Alderney police station was pelted with stones after officers arrested a suspected drink-driver.
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Guernsey clears up after heaviest snow in years
- A two-day snowfall brought down trees and power lines, closed the airport and cancelled ferry crossings.
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