The Chunnel Breakthrough made history on December 1, 1990 when British miner Graham Fagg and his French counterpart Philippe Cozette0 when broke through the last piece of rock separating the French and British side of the Chunnel.
The breakthrough, a mostly ceremonial event at 132 feet (100 meters) below the English Channel, connected the two ends of the underwater tunnel linking Great Britain with the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age. The official opening of the Chunnel took place In a May 6, 1994 in a ceremony presided over by England’s Queen Elizabeth II and French President Francois Mitterrand. More
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