Talk:May 6

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May 6: St George's Day in Bulgaria

• 1682 - King Louis XIV of France took up residence in the Château de Versailles.
• 1542 - Christian missionary Francis Xavier reached Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
• 1937 - The German zeppelin Hindenburg caught fire (pictured) and was destroyed at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, killing 36.
• 1954 - Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
• 1994 - The Channel Tunnel, a 50-km long rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover, was officially opened.

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