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Channel Tunnel

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1986–1990Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1986

Margaret Hilda Thatcher19 January 1986

Lille · Government / Conservative Party Government

Mitterand & Thatcher agree to undertake the Channel building project

1990

Douglas Richard Hurd1 December 1990

Government / Conservative Party Government

The 2 halves of the Channel tunnel are joined

John Roy Major1 December 1990

Government / Conservative Party Government

The 2 halves of the Channel tunnel are joined

Names involved

Douglas Richard HurdJohn Roy MajorMargaret Hilda Thatcher

Provenance

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