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| 1951 |
| | | King Abdullah of Jordan is assassinated on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem | |
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| 1951 |
| | | Labour loses the general election and Winston Churchill returns to Downing Street as prime minister | |
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| 1951 |
| | | The cult of Chairman Mao is officially encouraged in China, partly through steady publication of his works | |
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| 1951 |
| | | Libya wins independence from Italy, as a kingdom with Idris I as head of state | |
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| 1952 |
| | | George VI dies and is succeeded by his elder daughter as Elizabeth II | |
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| 1952 |
| | | A decision by the United Nations makes Eritrea an autonomous federal province within Ethiopia | |
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| 1952 |
| | | A left-wing coup brings Paz Estenssoro to power and launches a 12-year revolution in Bolivia | |
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| 1952 |
| | | Kwame Nkrumah, recently released from gaol, becomes prime minister of the British colony of the Gold Coast | |
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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 |
| | | Eva Perón dies of cancer and achieves the status of a popular saint in Argentina | |
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