Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown on August 19, 1953. #73years
The coup was orchestrated by the CIA & British intelligence after Mosaddegh nationalized Iran's oil industry. Following his removal, the Shah was restored & a police state operated until the 1979 revolution.
Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown on August 19, 1953. #73years
The coup was orchestrated by the CIA & British intelligence after Mosaddegh nationalized Iran's oil industry. Following his removal, the Shah was restored & a police state operated until the 1979 revolution.
18 June 1952: death of the Rt Revd William Robert (Rupert) Mounsey, aged 84. He had served in Borneo as fourth Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak 1909-1916. #anglican #73years Note the link with Australia; "...the interest was realised by work at St. James's, Sydney"
29 May 1952: death of the Rt Revd John Stephen Hart, aged 85. Second Bishop of Wangaratta 1927-1943. Fifth Dean of Melbourne 1919-1927. #anglican #73years Biography: adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ha...
21 March 1952: the appointment of John Alexander Munro (1917-1992) as fifth Dean of Ballarat is announced. He had already served as Vicar at Christ Church Cathedral since 1951. #anglican #73years Australia's 65th Dean. He eventually left to become Supervisor of Religious Broadcasts at the ABC.
2 February 1952: consecration of the Rev. Canon Frank Woods (1907-1992), Vicar of Huddersfield, at York Minster, to be Bishop of Middleton (suffragan of the Diocese of Manchester) #anglican #73years Archbishop of Melbourne 1957-1977; thus by date of consecration No.119 in the Australian episcopate.
1 February 1952: death of the Rt Revd Maxwell Homfray Maxwell-Gumbleton, aged 79. Third Bishop of Ballarat 1917-1926. A driving force behind the creation of the new Diocese of St Arnaud, and a canny financial manager (two not-unrelated points!). #anglican #73years
