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| 1985, July 23 | |
| A bill was passed in the Spanish Cortes to reduce pension entitlements by 8 percent. It produced an unprecedented rift between the ruling Socialist Party and the General Union of Labor (UGT), the socialist trade union, including a 24-hour national general strike on June 20. | 1 |
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| Spain joined the European Economic Community, though its formal membership did not begin until Jan. 1, 1986. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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