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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Guernsey nurse Elizabeth Lincoln elected to the States
- Elizabeth Lincoln's research into the causes of breast cancer is still being used after more than 50 years
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Debut of Guernsey-set comedy This is Jinsy
- Jinsy is a stand-in for Guernsey in this surreal TV comedy series.
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Guernsey exchange student goes missing in Virginia
- Geography exchange student Jonny Dorey went missing from campus in Richmond, Virginia.
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