The United Kingdom holds its first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">country-wide referendum</a> on membership of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Community" id="mwASs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="European Economic Community">European Economic Community</a> (EEC).<sup about="#mwt72" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"}}' id="cite_ref-13" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_5#cite_note-13" id="mwASw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAS0">[13]</span></a></sup>
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