Tanks fire on crowd in front of the Parliament

● The curfew is lifted and crowds pour into the streets
● It is obvious the Soviets are not assisting the Hungarian military, instead many of the military are fighting on the side of the rebels
● A jubilant crowd including a Hungarian tank draped with the Hungarian flag proceeds to the Kossuth Square in front of Parliament
● Soviet tanks are ordered to fire
● In the confusion Hungarian military assigned to guard Parliament become embroiled in the battle with the soviets
● A massacre results in which more than 100 lives are lost and more that 300 are injured

Gerő is dismissed

● Soviet delegates initiate his removal as party 1st Secretary
● János Kádár assumes party leadership