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EventDate
Channel Islands Securities Exchange founded 20th December
Guernsey optician Specsavers was founded 10th November
Major Guernsey employer Tektronix went public 11th September
The first ever Guernsey stamp is issued 7th April
Guernsey adopts Sterling currency 30th March
Guernsey Post Office is established 28th March
Famed printer Thomas de la Rue born 24th March
Guernsey’s first banker dies 26th February
Guernsey Railway Company runs its first services 20th February
Aurigny Air Services founded 19th February
Specsavers’ Mary Perkins was born 14th February
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    Sir Robert Hugh Le Masurier was born in Jersey and would rise to become one of the island’s youngest ever bailiffs.

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