Britain's relationship with the European Union formally began in 1975, when 67 percent of Britons voted in favor of joining. On Thursday, it ended, when 52 percent of Britons voted in favor of leaving. Watch that history — from Winston Churchill's urging of a united Europe after World War II to Britain's decades-long relationship with the union to Thursday's historic decision — in fast forward, below. Becca Stanek
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