9h 49min, jul 18, 1953 y - The Stalinist leader of Hungary Matyas Rakosi is removed by Khrushchev
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"…the Hungarians were mounting a full-scale rebellion, not just against their own communists, but against the Soviet Union itself. Confronted with bloody fighting in the streets of Budapest, Red Army forces withdrew…under pressure from Mao Zedong, he ordered Soviet troops to re-enter Hungary and crush the rebellion" (Gaddis 2006, p. 109)Added to timeline:
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9h 49min, jul 18, 1953 y
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~ 72 years ago