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This is a list of European Union member states, their dates of application and accession. It shows the growth of the European Union and its predecessors through enlargement from six members in 1952 to twenty-seven members in 2007; as of 2007, at least seven (possibly even more) are expected to join in its future.

#	State	Accession	Special territories
1–6	Belgium	23 July 1952 (ECSC) 1 January 1958 (EEC)	—
	France		incl.  French Guiana,  Guadeloupe,  Martinique,  Réunion incl.  Saint Barthélemy,  Saint Martin excl.  French Polynesia,  New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna excl.  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Mayotte,[D]  Saint Pierre and Miquelon
	Italy		—
	Luxembourg		—
	Netherlands		excl.  Aruba, the  Netherlands Antilles
	West Germany

"The important thing is to pull yourself up by your own hair to turn yourself inside out and see the whole world with fresh eyes"

"'The Last Supper' cannot be funky."

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you."

"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

• 35 - Nerva (pictured), Roman Emperor (d. 98)
• 1342 - Julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416)
• 1706 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
• 1893 - Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (d. 1941)
• 1950 - Mary Hart, American television personality
• 1967 - Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress
• 1981 - Joe Cole, English footballer