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Events on Thursday 15 March 1951 2
1951Elected Fellow of the Royal SocietyFor the 1936 paperTuring is elected FRS at thirty-eight, chiefly on the strength of On Computable Numbers. His war work, which is the reason most people who know him think he deserves it, cannot be mentioned.
1951Iran Nationalizes Its Oil IndustryMossadegh government seizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company assetsIran's parliament, driven by Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, voted to nationalize the British-controlled Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The move triggered an international crisis and a British-led boycott of Iranian oil. The dispute culminated in the 1953 coup that removed Mossadegh from power.