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
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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Enemy at the Door comes to the end of its run
- The ITV drama series was set on Guernsey but actually filmed on neighbouring Jersey.
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Guernsey issues banknotes featuring famous locals
- Guernsey's 1980 banknotes featured famous local men – but no women other than the queen.
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Guernsey guidebook pioneer Henry Inglis dies
- Travel writer Henry Inglis wrote one of the first guidebooks to the Channel Islands.
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