1993 in Hungary
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Incumbents
[edit]- President - Árpád Göncz
- Prime Minister - József Antall (until 12 December), Péter Boross (starting 12 December)
Events
[edit]March
[edit]- March 20 – The 1993 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships are held in Budapest, featuring 69 competitors from 9 nations.[1]
April
[edit]- April 3 – Hungary's first attempt to enter the Eurovision Song Contest ends in failure, as Andrea Szulák fails to win a place in the final rounds.[2]
May
[edit]- May 3-6 – Queen Elizabeth II visits Hungary; she addresses the parliament and promotes the democratic transition.[3]
August
[edit]- August 15 – The Hungarian Grand Prix is held at the Hungaroring in Budapest and is won by Damon Hill.[4]
October
[edit]- October 22 – Parliament adopts Act XC of 1993, enabling the prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity under the 1949 Geneva Conventions.[5]
- October 23 – The National Forces' Movement is founded through the merger of the Happiness Party and the Hungarian Republican Party.[6]
December
[edit]- December 12 – During the children's television block Walt Disney bemutatja, MTV1 abruptly interrupts an episode of DuckTales to announce the death of Prime Minister József Antall.[7]
- December 21 – The National Assembly elects Péter Boross as Prime Minister of Hungary following the death of József Antall on December 12.[8]
Births
[edit]- January 19 - Bence Biczó, swimmer[9]
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- January 6 – Judit Tóth, 86, Hungarian gymnast and Olympic medalist.[10]
- January 23 – Gábor Péter, 86, Hungarian communist politician.[11]
- January 31 – Ernő Lendvaï, 67, Hungarian music theorist.[12]
February
[edit]- February – Gusztáv Bene, boxer (born 1911)[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ST - Calendar". isu.html.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ^ Dafni Tragaki (11 July 2013). Empire of Song: Europe and Nation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Scarecrow Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8108-8817-3.
- ^ "How Queen Elizabeth II won the hearts of Hungarians in 1993". telex.hu (in Hungarian). 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ^ "Hungary 1993 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Regime Change in Hungary". ENRS. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ^ Vida, István (2011). Magyarországi politikai pártok lexikona (1846-2010): köt. Parlamenti választásokon jelöltet állító pártok (in Hungarian). Gondolat. ISBN 978-963-693-276-3.
- ^ "Harminc éve sokkolt egy teljes gyerekgenerációt a Kacsamesék megszakítása". telex (in Hungarian). 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ^ "Dr. Boross Péter". Magyar Demokrata Fórum 2006 (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 3 June 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "1993 in Hungary". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Olympedia – Judit Tóth". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Gabor Peter, 86, Dies; Led Hungarian Police". The New York Times. 12 April 1993.
- ^ "Ernő Lendvai". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gusztáv Bene Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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