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Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
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Imre Nagy
Hungarian politician and leader of the 1956 revolution (1896–1958)
Imre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 Nagy became leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Soviet-backed government, for which he was sentenced…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pál Maléter
20th-century Hungarian military officer and leader of the 1956 revolution
Pál Maléter was the military leader of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution who served as minister of defence in the third government of Imre Nagy.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Citizen rebellion in Hungary
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by the government's subordination to the Soviet Union (USSR). The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)