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Title:Hungary: Government Declares Country A Socialist Republic
Date:23rd October 1989
Summary:Hungary's acting head of state Matyas Szuros declared the country a republic on October 23 ending four decades of Communism. He told a cheering crowd of thousands gathered in Budapest's Parliament Square: 'This is a prelude to a new historical era.'
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Location:HUNGARY BUDAPEST PARLIAMENT SQUARE
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