IHT Retrospective Blog: 1967: U.K. Seeks to Join European Common Market Britain’s application to join the European Common Market, a forerunner of the European Union, advanced in the House of Commons in May 1967. It was rejected by Charles de Gaulle that November. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Bruce McArthur, Toronto Killer of 8, Gets Life in Case That Terrorized Gay MenDeath Toll Rises to 15 in Istanbul Building CollapseFire at Brazilian Youth Soccer Dormitory Kills 10At War: When All of My Friends Were Still AliveSierra Leone Declares National Emergency Over Rape of Young Girls‘Death to America’ Means ‘Death to Trump,’ Iran’s Supreme Leader Says