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Time Magazine's 'Man of the Year' cover for 1951 |
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![]() By Low, 'The Daily Herald', May 1, 1951 The Abadan Crisis. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company (AIOC) was nationalized by the Iranian Government. |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', May 17, 1951 Abadan, the worlds largest oil refinary, part of the AIOC, was nationalized by Iran. |
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By Low, 'The Daily Herald', June 29, 1951 Reza Pahlevi, the Shah of Iran, appointed Mosaddeq Prime Minister. |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', July 12, 1951 Mosaddeq enjoyed strange habits, like conducting business meetings in bed in gray woolen pajamas. |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', July 16, 1951 Britain dispatched the Royal Navy to blockade the Iranian port of Abadan. |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', July 24. 1951 |
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By Low, 'The Daily Herald', August 14, 1951 Mosaddeq would weep profusly in public and complain consistently of poor health. |
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By Cummings, 'The Daily Express', August 23, 1951 |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', September 13, 1951 |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', October 1, 1951 Britain appeals for U.N. intervention in the Abadan oil crisis. |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', October 11, 1951 Brittania under assault by Iran and Egypt. |
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By Low, 'The Daily Herald', October 11, 1951 In 1951, the Egyptian Parliament bestowed on King Farouk the title "King of Egypt and the Sudan". |
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By Giles, 'The Daily Express', November 21, 1951 |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', November 27, 1951 |
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By Low, 'The Daily Herald', 1951 Depicted: Schuman of France and Adenauer of West Germany.
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