2016 in Hungary
The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Hungary.
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Incumbents
Events
- February 28 – Hungarian drama film Son of Saul, directed by László Nemes, wins the award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, becoming the first Hungarian film to win the award since István Szabó's Mephisto in 1981.[1]
- April 12 – The National Assembly repeals a law enacted in March 2015, which banned the majority of retail stores and commercial establishments in the country from opening on Sundays. The decision came into effect four days later.[2][3]
- October 2 – An overwhelming majority of voters rejected the EU's mandatory migrant quotas with 3,362,224 or 98.36% of the vote.
Deaths
- January 1 – Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer (b. 1930)
- January 7
- István Komáromi, politician (b. 1943)
- János György Szilágyi, historian (b. 1918)
- January 17 – Jenő Váncsa, politician (b. 1928)
- February 11 – Ferenc Rudas, footballer and coach (b. 1921)
- February 25 – Irén Psota, actress (b. 1929)
- March 7 – Béla Kuharszki, footballer (b. 1940)
- March 13 – József Verebes, footballer and coach (b. 1941)
- March 17 – Zoltán Kamondi, film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1960)
- March 20 – Sándor Csjef, amateur boxer (b. 1950)
- March 25 – Imre Pozsgay, politician (b. 1933)
- March 30 – Marianne Krencsey, actress (b. 1931)
- March 31
- Béla Biszku, politician (b. 1921)
- Imre Kertész, writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
- April 1 – Emil Keres, actor and theatre director (b. 1925)
- April 2 – László Sárosi, footballer and coach (b. 1932)
- April 7 – László Bárczay, chess player (b. 1936)
- April 18 – Zoltán Szarka, footballer and coach (b. 1942)
- April 21 – Ferenc Paragi, javelin thrower (b. 1953)
gollark: In any case, "spreads better than competitors" doesn't make it "better" in some way *for you to hold*.
gollark: I'm not very knowledgeable on the history, but I doubt what happened was a historical certainty. I think one pivotal thing was one of the emperors converting, and without that it might never have taken over.
gollark: Historical coincidence, better memetics, possibly monotheism making it easier to justify wiping out of competing beliefs, I guess?
gollark: It's *mostly* gone though, based on my approximate knowledge of religious leanings.
gollark: Besides, who says that isn't mostly driven by historical coincidence and resources and such?
References
- Szalai, Georg (28 February 2016). "Oscars: Hungary Wins Its First Foreign-Language Honor Since Fall of Communism". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- "Lázár nem szavazta meg a boltzár eltörlését, Harrach mellényúlt". Origo (in Hungarian). 12 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- "Hivatalossá vált a vasárnapi boltzár eltörlése". Hirado.hu (in Hungarian). 15 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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