GUERNSEY HISTORY 

Guernsey History – March

10th March 2017

Guernsey emergency services prepared for the worst

12th March 1862

Guernsey-set Toilers of the Sea was first published

13th March 1937

Building work began on Guernsey Airport

16th March 1981

The Book of Ebenezer Le Page was published

31st March 1978

Guernsey tackled an oil spill from the Amoco Cadiz

30th March 1921

Guernsey adopts the pound Sterling

28th March 1794

Guernsey Post Office was established

27th March 2015

Condor Liberation entered cross-channel service

1st
Guernsey-set This is Jinsy debuts on UK TV
2nd
Channel 4 broadcast Sark-based comedy Mr Pye
3rd
Puffin's Pla(i)ce was broadcast on ITV for the first time
4th
A "dead" man was appointed to run Guernsey Airport
5th
Guernsey's entire police force was arrested
6th
Southern Railway took ownership of the Isle of Guernsey
Guernsey darts players set a new world record
7th
Guernsey's secondary heads campaigned against the 11-plus
8th
Guernsey's first governor, Edmund Weston, was appointed
9th
Occupying forces mounted a supply raid on Granville
10th
Guernsey emergency services prepared for the worst
11th
Baron James de Saumarez was born
12th
Guernsey-set Toilers of the Sea was first published
13th
Building work began on Guernsey Airport
14th
Guernsey's island-wide police force was established
15th
A Guernsey student goes missing in Virginia
16th
The Book of Ebenezer Le Page was published
BBC Radio Guernsey took to the air
17th
Guernsey was clearing up after a two-day blizzard
18th
Torrey Canyon spilled its oil on Guernsey's beaches
19th
Guernsey's new banknotes feature famous locals
20th
Guernsey guidebook pioneer Henry Inglis died
21st
Soldiers at Fort George mutinied
22nd
An Alderney arrest sparked a "riot"
23rd
Guernsey elected nurse Elizabeth Lincoln to the States
24th
Famed printer Thomas de la Rue was born
25th
Guernsey votes for equal age of consent
26th
The mainland phone line was inaugurated
27th
Condor Liberation entered cross-channel service
28th
Guernsey Post Office was established
29th
ITV's Enemy at the Door ends its run
30th
Guernsey adopts the pound Sterling
31st
Guernsey tackled an oil spill from the Amoco Cadiz

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