Ságvári Ágnes (szerk.): Budapest. The History of a Capital (Budapest, 1975)

Chronology

1st January 1950

18th May 15th June 22nd October

3rd November

17th April 1951

1st May

1st December 1st April 1952

22nd November 3rd December

2nd April 1953

20th August

25th September 1954

30th July 1956 23rd October 1st November 4th November

5th October 1957 24th January 1958

16th November

Implementation of the Greater Budapest Act XXVI of 1949, and with it the new territorial and administrative subdivisions of Budapest

Publication of Act I of 1950 on local councils Formation of the Provisional Council of Budapest Council election. 96.9 per cent of the electorate voted, and 97.8 per cent of the votes were cast for the People’s Front First meeting of the Budapest Council; Kálmán Pongrácz is elected President of the City Council Under a decree issued by the Council of Ministers planning to settle in Budapest must first receive permission Opening of the express railway line to Csepel providing direct and fast communication between one of the most populous working-class districts and the city centre The communal services of the capital are put under a single management under the Council

Publication of the first number of the evening paper Esti Budapest (Evening Budapest), the organ of the Budapest Committee of the Hungarian Workers’ Party and the Municipal Council (after 1957: Esti Hírlap [Evening News]) Inauguration of the rebuilt Petőfi Bridge Inauguration of the monument at Angyalföld, in the 13th district, to Attila József, the proletarian poet who committed suicide at the end of the thirties

Opening of the Museum of the History of the Hungarian Labour Movement in the building of the one-time Supreme Court

Opening of the People’s Stadium

A municipal chief architect is appointed to the municipality, who also directs the Council’s Town-Planning and Building Department

What is known as the second Council Act on the organization and operation of the councils passed into law (Act X of 1954)

Earthquake (of 4 degree intensity)

Counter-revolutionary attempt Formation of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party Formation of the Revolutionary Worker-Peasant Government headed by János Kádár Opening of the Hungarian National Gallery The powerful television transmitter on Széchenyi Hill starts functioning

Municipal elections, formation of the Municipal Council, József Veres elected President of the Council

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