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| 1981, Nov. 4 |
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| Hungary applied for membership of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and of the World Bank. It was admitted to IMF in May 1982 and to World Bank in July 1982. | 1 |
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| 1986, July–1987, Oct |
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| Censorship and dispute within the Writers' Union. The government banned the publication of dissident writer István Csurka and the literary magazine Tisza Táj. Dispute arose within the Hungarian Writers' Union, with some claiming it was “anti-Communist” and others, “anti-arts.” | 2 |
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| Sept. 14 |
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| Imre Pozsgay, a member of the Political Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party, published an article in the journal Magyar Nemzet declaring that the 1956 events had been a popular uprising against oppression, not a counterrevolution. | 3 |
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