Treaty of Rome creates Common Market
March 25, 1957
Six European nations signed a treaty in Rome establishing the European Economic Community. The goal was a customs union and something more: a Europe bound so tight by trade that it could never again go to war with itself. Four decades later the same project would become the European Union.
In context
Also in 1957 (5 other events on record)
- Sputnik orbits Earth · Central Asia · Science
- Ghana gains independence · Africa · Politics
- Little Rock Nine · North America · Politics
- On the Road published · North America · Culture
- Ford Edsel fails · North America · Technology
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Politics
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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