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Historical Events
Results 101 - 200 of 204
1916-08-27 - Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary
1917-01-08 - Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy
1918-10-18 - Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire
1918-10-28 - Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up
1918-11-03 - Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves
1918-11-12 - Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic
1918-11-16 - Hungarian People's Republic declared
1918-11-24 - Béla Can forms Hungarian Communist Party
1920-06-04 - Peace of Trianon between Allies & Hungary
1922-09-18 - Hungary admitted to League of Nations
1924-12-09 - Dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed
1928-07-20 - The government of Hungary issues a decree ordering Gypsies to end their nomadic ways, settle permanently in one place, and subject themselves to the same laws and taxes as other Hungarians.
1931-01-26 - Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty
1931-08-23 - Count Gyula Károlyi becomes premier of Hungary
1932-09-22 - Hungarian govt of Károlyi falls
1932-10-04 - Anti-semite Julius Gombos forms new govt in Hungary
1936-03-23 - Italy, Austria & Hungary sign Pact of Rome
1938-04-28 - King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary
1938-06-19 - Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris
1939-03-16 - Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine
1939-04-11 - Hungary leaves League of Nations
1940-11-20 - Hungary joins 3 Power pact
1940-11-20 - World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers.
1941-08-02 - Hungarian Ruthenia, expels Jews
1941-08-02 - Jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia
1942-06-05 - USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary & Romania
1944-03-18 - Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
1944-03-31 - Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars
1944-05-15 - 14,000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz
1944-05-16 - 1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz
1944-10-06 - Soviets march into Hungary & Czechoslovakia
1944-10-15 - The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler's NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes over the power in Hungary.
1944-10-16 - Hungary: Horthy govt falls/nazi count Szalasi becomes premier
1944-10-23 - Soviet army invades Hungary
1944-11-03 - Pro-German government of Hungary flees
1944-11-08 - 25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to Nazis for forced labor
1944-12-03 - Hungarian death march of Jews ends
1944-12-31 - World War II: Hungary declares war on Germany.
1945-01-17 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary
1945-01-20 - Hungary ends its involvement in the Second World War, agreeing to an armistice with the Allies.
1945-04-04 - Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
1945-05-01 - Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II
1946-01-01 - National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic
1946-02-01 - Republic of Hungary proclaimed, Zolt n Tildy as communist president
1946-02-02 - The Proclamation of Hungarian Republic is made.
1946-03-05 - Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
1947-05-31 - Communists grab power in Hungary
1947-06-02 - Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy resigns
1947-08-31 - Hungarian communist party wins election
1948-12-26 - Hungarian cardinal Mindszenty arrested
1949-02-08 - Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison
1949-06-10 - Istvan Dobi becomes Hungarian premier
1949-08-18 - Hungary adopts constitution
1949-08-20 - Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution
1949-12-29 - Hungary nationalized its industries
1950-07-12 - ILTF re-admit Germany & Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraws
1950-09-07 - Monasteries shut down in Hungary
1952-08-14 - Mátyás Rákosi appointed premier of Hungary
1953-07-04 - Imre Nagy succeeds Matyas Rákosi as premier of Hungary
1953-11-25 - Hungary beats England in soccer match, 6-3
1954-07-04 - West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern
1955-05-14 - Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania
1956-05-18 - Hungarian party leader Matyas Rákosi enforces his own policy
1956-07-18 - Erno Gero succeeds Matyas Rákosi as party leader of Hungary
1956-10-23 - Revolt against Stalinist policies begins in Hungary
1956-10-23 - Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).
1956-10-24 - Soviet troops invade Hungary, Imre Nagy becomes PM of Hungary
1956-11-01 - Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from Warsaw Pact
1956-11-02 - Hungary appeals for UN assistance against Soviet invasion
1956-11-04 - USSR sends tanks into Hungary & threatens to bomb Budapest
1956-11-06 - Holland & Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary
1956-11-08 - UN demands USSR leave Hungary
1956-11-14 - Hungarian revolt put down
1957-09-14 - UN resolution deplores & condemns USSR invasion of Hungary
1958-01-27 - Ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary
1958-06-17 - Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy
1959-09-12 - Janos Kádár becomes premier of Hungary
1962-07-19 - Hungarian communist party expels Rákosi & Gero
1965-06-25 - Gyula Kallai succeeds Janos Kádár as premier of Hungary
1971-09-28 - Cardinal Josef Mindszenty of Hungary took refuge in US Embassy in
1972-04-19 - Hungary revises constitution
1978-01-06 - US hand over St Stephan crown to Hungary
1980-05-26 - Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6
1987-08-14 - "Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Szeged Hungary
1988-05-22 - Károly Grósz succeeds party leader Janos Kádár in Hungary
1989-02-25 - 1st independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms
1989-06-16 - Funeral for Imre Nagg, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956
1989-09-10 - East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary & Czech)
1989-10-18 - Hungary revises constitution
1989-10-23 - Hungary proclaims itself a republic & declares communist rule ended
1989-11-28 - Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci flees to Hungary
1989-12-16 - Protest breaks out in Timişoara in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor, László Tőkés.
1993-09-04 - Miklos Horthy appointed Hungarian admiral
1994-05-29 - Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election
1994-07-15 - Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary
1995-03-13 - Hungarian Forint devalued 9%
1997-07-08 - NATO invites Poland, Hungary & Czech Republic to join
1999-03-12 - Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
2001-11-23 - Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
2002-12-13 - Enlargement of the European Union: The European Union announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.
Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 200 of 272
1892-09-05 - Joseph Szigeti, Budapest Hungary, violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933)
1892-11-02 - Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Viktoria und ihr Huzar)
1893-01-05 - Zoltán Böszörmény, Hungarian Nazi politician (d. unknown)
1893-02-02 - Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1974)
1893-09-16 - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937)
1895-05-03 - Zoltan Korda, Hungarian/British director (Jungle Book, 4 Feathers)
1895-05-06 - Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian Nazi (d. 1946)
1895-05-26 - Paul Lukas, Budapest Hungary, actor (Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx)
1895-07-20 - László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)
1896-06-07 - Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician (d. 1958)
1897-06-07 - George Szell, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45)
1897-07-24 - Elmar Berkovich, Hungarian/Dutch designer (Eindhoven Theatre)
1898-01-09 - Vilma Banky, Budapest Hungary, silent screen actress (Eagle, Rebel)
1898-02-11 - Leo Szilard, Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist
1899-03-25 - Bella Spewack, Hungary, playwright (Kiss Me Kate)
1899-06-03 - Georg von Bekesy, Budapest Hungary, physician (Nobel-1961)
1899-09-16 - Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50)
1899-11-18 - Eugene Ormandy, [Blau], Budapest Hungary, conductor (Phila Orch)
1900-03-13 - Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (d. 1981)
1900-04-11 - Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)
1900-07-27 - Charles Vidor, Budapest Hungary, direct (Rhapsody, Gilda, Cover Girl)
1901-05-01 - Antal Szerb, Hungarian author and historian (d. 1945)
1901-11-25 - Tibor Serly, Losonc Hungary, violinist/composer (American Elegy)
1901-12-01 - Ilona Feher, Hungarian-Jewish violinist (d. 1988)
1901-12-09 - Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-born writer (d. 1938)
1902-05-21 - Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (d. 1981)
1902-10-23 - Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist
1902-10-31 - Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1950)
1902-11-02 - Gyula Illyes, Hungarian author/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes)
1903-12-25 - J Edward Bromberg, Hungary, actor (Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags)
1904-03-04 - Joseph Schmidt Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (d. 1942)
1904-06-26 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US, actor (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers)
1904-10-27 - Erno Schwarz, Hungarian American soccer player (d. 1974)
1905-04-11 - József Attila, Hungarian poet (d. 1937)
1905-05-04 - Mátyás Seiber, Budapest Hungary, composer (Scherzando)
1905-09-05 - Arthur Koestler, Hungary, British writer (Arrow in Blue)
1906-02-08 - Henry Roth, Austria-Hungary/US writer (Call it Sleep)
1906-04-09 - Antal Dorati, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dresden Opera 1928-29
1906-04-10 - Lili Darvas, Budapest Hungary, actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron)
1906-09-06 - Alexander Bodon, Hungarian/Dutch architect (RAI building)
1906-12-31 - Erna Bogen, Hungary, foils (Olympic-bronze-1932)
1907-01-18 - Janos Ferencsik, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera)
1907-04-18 - Miklos Rozsa, Budapest Hungary, movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora)
1907-07-26 - Istvan Pelle, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1932)
1908-01-15 - Edward Teller, Budapest Hungary, fathered H-bomb (Manhattan Project)
1908-02-01 - George Pal, Hungarian/US director (When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons)
1908-04-09 - Victor Vasarely, Hungarian/French painter/author (Op Art)
1908-12-14 - Mária Szepes, Hungarian authoress (d. 2007)
1910-01-26 - Jean Image, Hungarian-born French animator (d. 1989)
1910-03-16 - Aladar Gerevich, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1948)
1910-06-16 - Ilona Massey, Budapest Hungary, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show)
1912-02-15 - George Mikes, Hungary, British writer (How to Be an Alien)
1912-04-12 - Eric Feldary, Budapest Hungary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep)
1912-05-26 - Janos Kádár, premier Hungary (1956-58)
1912-06-30 - [J] Tibor de Machula, Hungarian/Dutch cellist
1912-09-21 - György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (d. 2005)
1912-10-21 - Georg Solti, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Fidelio)
1913-06-23 - Jacques Rabemananjara, Hungarian author/vice-president (Antsa)
1914-07-01 - Magda Gabor, Budapest Hungary, actress (People vs Zsa Zsa Gabor)
1914-08-09 - Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor
1914-08-19 - Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
1914-12-14 - Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (d. 1943)
1914-12-21 - Ivan Generalić, Austro-Hungarian-born Croatian painter (d. 1992)
1915-06-17 - Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (d. 1996)
1915-12-27 - Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (d. 1999)
1917-03-19 - Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
1917-05-26 - Eva Szorenyi, Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary
1917-09-19 - Joe Pasternak, Transylvania Hungary, producer (Spinout, Big City)
1917-09-23 - Imry Nemeth, Hungary, hammer thrower (Olympic-gold-1948)
1918-04-18 - Robert Zimonyi, Hungary, cox (Olympic-Hungary-bronze-1948/US-gold-64)
1918-05-12 - Oscar Beregi Jr, Hungary, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City)
1918-06-20 - Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian writer
1919-02-11 - Eva Gabor, Hungarian-born actress (d. 1995)
1920-07-17 - Rudolf Karpati, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
1921-02-11 - Eva Gabor, Budapest Hungary, actress (Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi)
1921-06-09 - Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
1921-07-04 - Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist/orchestra leader (Ripley's Game)
1921-11-05 - Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt)
1921-11-21 - Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist (Mozart/Bartok)
1922-02-27 - Mervyn Jones, author (Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers)
1922-03-03 - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
1922-11-09 - Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher (d. 1974)
1923-03-01 - Kuczka Péter, Hungarian writer and editor (d. 1999)
1923-05-28 - György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (d. 2006)
1923-06-12 - Marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor (Great spiral)
1923-10-18 - Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter
1924-05-15 - Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary water polo player (Olympics, 1948-60)
1924-05-25 - István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
1924-07-05 - János Starker, Hungarian cellist
1925-11-28 - József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (d. 1978)
1926-01-06 - Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)
1926-03-25 - Laszlo Papp, Hungary, Olympic Boxer (Gold-1948, 1952, 1956)
1926-05-01 - Peter Lax, Hungarian Mathematician
1927-04-02 - Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
1927-06-10 - Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-born footballer (d. 2002)
1927-06-18 - Eva Bartok, Hungarian-born British actress
1929-06-18 - Eva Bartok, Budapest Hungary, actress (Assassin, Crimson Pirate)
1929-09-21 - Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (d. 1979)
1929-11-09 - Imre Kertész, Hungarian writer, Nobel laureate
1930-06-16 - Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian/American cinematographer
Famous Deaths
Results 101 - 182 of 182
1960-05-06 - Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67
1960-09-13 - Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer (Toldi), dies at 75
1962-04-10 - Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (b. 1886)
1963-02-20 - Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914)
1963-05-06 - Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1881)
1964-03-07 - Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73
1964-03-24 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US actor (Maltese Falcon, Raven), dies at 59
1964-05-30 - Leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66
1964-10-07 - Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84
1966-07-05 - George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
1966-09-05 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian athlete (b. 1879)
1967-03-06 - Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (b. 1882)
1970-02-01 - Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1921)
1970-07-30 - George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73
1971-02-05 - Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian premier (1952..56), dies at 78
1971-05-04 - Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83
1971-06-04 - Georg Lukács, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1885)
1973-02-20 - Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80
1974-06-25 - Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1893)
1974-07-19 - Erno Schwarz, Hungarian American soccer player (b. 1904)
1974-07-22 - Lili Darvas, Hungarian actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron), dies at 68
1974-12-01 - Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83
1975-05-06 - Jozsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83
1976-02-22 - Michael Polany, Hungarians/English chemist/sociologist, dies at 84
1976-06-10 - Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/US fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103
1978-05-31 - József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925)
1978-10-08 - Tibor Serly, Hungarian violist/composer (American Elegy), dies at 76
1979-02-09 - Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
1979-07-22 - Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
1980-05-02 - George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
1981-08-28 - Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)
1982-02-26 - Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45
1982-12-18 - Tibor de Machula, Hungary/Neth cellist, dies at 70
1983-04-15 - Gyula Illyes, Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80
1984-01-06 - Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (b. 1898)
1985-03-12 - Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85
1988-11-13 - Antal Dorati, Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82
1989-03-14 - Zita, Empress of Austria/Queen of Hungary, dies at 96
1989-07-06 - Janos Kádár, premier of Hungary (1956-58), dies at 77
1989-10-21 - Jean Image, Hungarian-born French animator (b. 1910)
1992-11-05 - Arpad E Elo, Hungarian physicist (chess classification system), dies
1993-09-24 - Zita Johann, Hungarian/US actress (Mummy), dies at 89
1993-12-05 - Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87
1993-12-12 - Jozsef Antall, historian/premier of Hungary (1990-93), dies at 61
1994-01-15 - Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72
1994-05-24 - Sandor Lakatos, Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69
1995-01-20 - John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81
1995-07-16 - Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/US conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83
1996-01-02 - Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (b. 1915)
1996-02-15 - Bruno Ferenc Straub, Hungarian statesman, dies
1997-03-15 - Victor Vasarely, Hungarian painter (b. 1906)
1998-08-01 - Eva Bartok, Hungarian-born actress (b. 1927)
1999-12-08 - Péter Kuczka, Hungarian writer (b. 1923)
2000-08-09 - John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1920)
2002-02-14 - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1922)
2002-05-17 - Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer (b. 1927)
2003-07-14 - Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist (b. 1926)
2003-09-04 - Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
2003-09-09 - Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1908)
2003-10-16 - László Papp, Hungarian boxer (b. 1926)
2004-01-25 - Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
2004-09-19 - Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-born American civil servant (b. 1919)
2005-01-19 - Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (b. 1976)
2005-03-09 - István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (b. 1924)
2005-08-28 - Esther Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1910)
2005-08-28 - George Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1911)
2005-12-09 - György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (b. 1912)
2005-12-23 - Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1914)
2006-06-12 - György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923)
2006-09-14 - Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926)
2006-10-02 - Paul Halmos, Hungarian-born American mathematician (b. 1916)
2006-11-17 - Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (b. 1927)
2007-01-03 - Janos Furst, Hungarian orchestral conductor (b. 1935)
2007-01-04 - Gáspár Nagy, Hungarian poet and writer (b. 1949)
2007-07-22 - Laszlo Kovacs, Hungarian-born cinematographer (b. 1933)
2007-08-06 - Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian rock guitarist (Bikini, Omen, Carpathia Project Tirana Rockers, solo) (b. 1969)
2008-01-30 - Roland Selmeczi, Hungarian actor (b. 1969)
2008-05-27 - Franz Künstler, Last remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire World War I veteran (b. 1900)
2008-07-15 - Gyorgy Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist, Olympics medalist. (b. 1972)
2009-03-25 - Gábor Ocskay, Hungarian hockey player (b. 1975)
2010-04-09 - Zoltán Varga, Hungarian Footballer (b. 1945)
2010-04-09 - Aladár Kovácsi, Hungarian modern pentathlon olimpic champion (1952, Helsinki) (b. 1932)
