The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="History of the Eurovision Song Contest">approves the staging</a> of the first Eurovision Song Contest.<sup about="#mwt29" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"}}' id="cite_ref-4" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_19#cite_note-4" id="mwrA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwrQ">[4]</span></a></sup>
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