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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Jun 08, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		May 23, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 06, 2024
	Deleted Web site: English Monarchs - George V.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 14, 2019
	Add new Web site: English Monarchs - George V.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 14, 2019
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998