1989 ⟶ East Germany's Honecker Ousted, Hungary Reforms

The Hungarian constitution is amended to allow a multi-party...

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1989

🇩🇪 East Germany's Honecker Ousted, Hungary Reforms

The Hungarian constitution is amended to allow a multi-party political system and elections. In East Germany, the nearly 20-year term of communist leader Erich Honecker comes to an end.⟶

East GermanyHungaryPolitical ReformErich HoneckerCommunism1989Multi-party systemEastern BlocFall of Communism

🇭🇺 Hungary Introduces Political Reforms

Communist Hungary introduces political reforms.⟶

HungaryEastern EuropePolitical ReformCommunism1989ReformsIron CurtainCold War

🗳️ Solidarity's Victory in Polish Elections

Elections in Poland show complete lack of backing for the Communist Party; Solidarity trade union wins all available seats in the Parliament and 99% in the Senate.⟶

PolandElectionsSolidarityCommunismEastern BlocTrade UnionsPolitical Reform1989

🚪 Pan-European Picnic Opens Austria-Hungary Border

The opening of the border gate between Austria and Hungary at the Pan-European Picnic set in motion a chain reaction, at the end of which there was no longer a GDR and the Eastern Bloc had disintegrated.⟶

HungaryAustriaBorder OpeningPan-European PicnicEastern BlocGDRFall of CommunismIron Curtain1989

🇵🇱 Mazowiecki Leads Non-Communist Polish Government

Parliament in Poland elects Tadeusz Mazowiecki as leader of the first non-communist government in the Eastern Bloc.⟶

PolandGovernmentCommunismPolitical TransitionTadeusz MazowieckiEastern Bloc1989Political ReformDemocracy

🇭🇺 Hungarian Ruling Party Dissolves

Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, the ruling party of Hungary, is dissolved.⟶

HungaryCommunist PartyPolitical DissolutionEastern Bloc1989Political ReformMulti-Party SystemSoviet Influence