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1950
 
  
Chinese troops move into Tibet, meeting little resistance     
1950
 
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The British government bans hereditary ruler Seretse Khama from Bechuanaland because he has married a white woman      
1951
 
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Jacopo Arbenz, newly elected president of Guatemala, enrages the USA by expropriating the land of the United Fruit Company        
1951
 
   
The new Iranian prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, passes the Oil Nationalization Act, seizing Britain's assets in the region      
1951
 
  
An agreement is signed by which a joint Tibetan-Chinese authority will nominally govern Tibet     
1951
 
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The Batllistas, followers in Uruguay of José Batlle, attempt an unusual experiment in the reform of government      
1951
 
   
Appointed minister of housing in Churchill's new government, Harold Macmillan soon achieves the ambitious target of building 300,000 houses a year      
1951
 
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Labour loses the general election and Winston Churchill returns to Downing Street as prime minister      
1951
 
   
The cult of Chairman Mao is officially encouraged in China, partly through steady publication of his works      
1951
 
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Libya wins independence from Italy, as a kingdom with Idris I as head of state