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| 1936 |
| | | Edward VIII is succeeded on the British throne by his brother, as George VI | |
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| 1941 August |
| | | British and USSR troops invade Iran to depose the oil-rich Reza Shah, fearing that he may take the side of the Germans | |
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| 1941 September 16 |
| | | With British and Russian support, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi succeeds his deposed father as shah of Iran | |
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| 1945 August 14 |
| | | The emperor Hirohito, on the first occasion that his people have heard his voce, declares on radio that defeat must be accepted | |
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| 1946 |
| | | Victor Emmanuel III abdicates in favour of his son a month before a referendum on the Italian monarchy | |
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| 1946 January I |
| | | The Japanese emperor Hirohito renounces his traditional divine status and declares that he is mortal | |
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| 1950 |
| | | The British government bans hereditary ruler Seretse Khama from Bechuanaland because he has married a white woman | |
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| 1952 |
| | | George VI dies and is succeeded by his elder daughter as Elizabeth II | |
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| 1952 |
| | | A group of officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser depose Egypt's king, Farouk, and send him into exile | |
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| 1952 |
| | | King Adbullah's grandson Hussein (who was with him when he was assassinated in 1951) becomes king of Jordan | |
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