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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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| 1953 |
| | | The new queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, is crowned like all her predecessors since 1066 in Westminster Abbey | |
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| 1955 |
| | | Norodom Sihanouk abdicates as king of Cambodia and becomes the country's prime minister | |
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| 1961 |
| | | Hassan II begins a 38-year reign as the king of Morocco | |
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| 1969 |
| | | Idris I, king of Libya, is deposed in a bloodless coup led by Muammar al-Gaddafi | |
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| 1970 |
| | | Qaboos bin Sa'id seizes the throne from his father, Sultan Sa'id, in a palace coup in Oman | |
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| 1973 |
| | | A military coup deposes Zahir Shah and brings to an end the hereditary monarchy in Afghanistan | |
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| 1974 |
| | | An uprising organized in Ethiopia by the Dergue results in the arrest of Haile Selassie and his murder a year later | |
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