The match was a semi-final at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympic Games and became famous as a result of the violence that ran throughout the game.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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The National Assembly of Romanians of Transylvania and Hungary declared the unification of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Romania.
The Cold War border between Austria and Hungary was opened for a short period of time for the Pan-European picnic.
Exactly one month after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
Despite being an ardent Marxist he began moves towards introducing a multiparty political system and, on 1 November 1956, announced Hungary’s withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact and its status as a neutral country.
The Treaty of Trianon was signed between Hungary and most of the Allies of the First World War.
Officially called ‘On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences’, Khrushchev’s speech was a vehement denunciation of Stalin’s abuses of power and his creation of a personality cult.
Hungary had been inundated with East Germans since the government began removing the border fence in May.
On the 6th December 1956, the “Blood in the Water” water polo match took place between the USSR and Hungary.
On June 16th 1958, Hungarian Communist politician Imre Nagy was executed.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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