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| | 06 May History: This Date (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | During a ceremony presided over by England's Queen Elizabeth II [21 Apr 1926~] and French President Francois Mitterand [26 Oct 1916 – 08 Jan 1996], a rail tunnel under the English Channel, connecting Britain and the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age, is officially opened. |
 | | George, duke of York, subsequently King George V [03 Jun 1865 – 20 Jan 1936], was the second son. |
 | | The British commander, Arthur Wellesley, duke of Wellington [01 May 1769 – 14 Sep 1852], defeated him at Buçaco, Portugal, on 27 September 1810, and at Fuentes de Oñoro, Spain, on 05 May 1811. |
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