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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1954, Feb. 3 | |
| Queen Elizabeth II began the first tour of Australia by a reigning monarch (until April 1). | 1 |
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| Prime Minister Menzies announced that a Soviet diplomat, Vladimir Petrov, had been granted political asylum. “The Petrov Affair” became a major political controversy and led in 1955–56 to a Labour Party split and the formation of the Democratic Labour Party. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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