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1954, Feb. 3
 
Queen Elizabeth II began the first tour of Australia by a reigning monarch (until April 1).  1
 
April 13
 
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
 
 
 
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