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| 1955, April 18 |
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| Parliament, endorsing Communist Party action, named Andras Hegedus to the premiership, replacing Imre Nagy, who had been accused (Apr. 14) of right-wing deviationism. | 1 |
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| 1956, March 29 |
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| László Rajk, who had been executed in 1949 after being prosecuted, along with other leaders, for treason and Titoism, was posthumously cleared, according to an announcement by Mátyás Rákosi. | 2 |
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| July 18 |
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| Mátyás Rákosi was replaced as first secretary of the Hungarian Workers (Communist) Party by Erno Gero, a first deputy premier. | 3 |
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| Oct. 21 |
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| University students threatened to strike if their demands for freedom were not met, and a revolutionary situation rapidly developed. | 4 |
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| Oct. 24 |
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| Imre Nagy, who had been readmitted to the Communist Party (Oct. 13), became premier, as anti-Russian rioting developed in Budapest and Soviet forces sought to quell the uprising. | 5 |
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| Oct. 25 |
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| Anti-Russian rioters won a concession in the replacement of Stalinist Erno Gero with János Kádár as head of the Hungarian Communist Party; the rioters pressed for further concessions. | 6 |
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| Oct. 27 |
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| As the revolt began to spread throughout the country, the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party promised to work for the withdrawal of Soviet troops as soon as the rioting ended, and Nagy appointed leaders of the illegal Smallholders’ Party to his cabinet. | 7 |
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| Oct. 30 |
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| Soviet forces withdrew from Budapest, and Premier Nagy, in a radio speech, promised Hungarians free elections and a prompt ending of one-party dictatorship. | 8 |
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| Nov. 2 |
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| Nagy denounced the Warsaw Pact and asked the UN to take up the Hungarian situation; it had already voted (Oct. 28) to discuss the Hungarian problem. | 9 |
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| Nov. 4 |
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| Soviet forces reversed their withdrawal and moved in to smash the revolt. Nagy was ousted as premier and replaced by Kádár. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning the Soviet assault on Hungary and calling for an investigation. | 10 |
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| Nov. 14 |
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| Soviet forces crushed the last rebel stronghold on Csepel Island, and later (Nov. 22) seized Nagy as he left the Yugoslav embassy in Budapest. | 11 |
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| Dec. 12 |
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| While a general strike protested the Kádár regime, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution that condemned Soviet repression in Hungary, called on the USSR to withdraw its forces, and urged that Hungarian independence be reestablished. | 12 |
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