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Blood in the Water match, the Glossary

The "Blood in the Water" match (melbourne-i vérfürdő lit. Blood bath of Melbourne; Blood in the swimming pool) was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.^[1]

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1956 in international relations
Brawls in team sports
December 1956 sports events in Australia
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Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Water polo in Hungary
Water polo in Russia
Water polo matches

Andrew G. Vajna

Andrew G. Vajna (born András György Vajna; 1 August 1944 – 20 January 2019) was a Hungarian film producer whose films include the first three entries in the Rambo series, Total Recall, Tombstone, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Evita, and Terminator 3.

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.

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Budapest University of Technology and Economics

The Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem or in short italic), official abbreviation BME, is a public research university located in Budapest, Hungary.

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Children of Glory

Children of Glory (Szabadság, szerelem) is a 2006 film directed by Krisztina Goda.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a landlocked state in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.

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Defection

In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state.

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Dezső Gyarmati

Dezső Gyarmati (23 October 1927 – 18 August 2013) was a Hungarian professional water polo player and three-time Olympic champion; he later became the coach of the Hungarian national water polo team.

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Ervin Zádor

Ervin Zádor (7 June 1934 – 28 April 2012) was a Hungarian water polo player and member of the Hungarian national team.

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Freedom's Fury

Freedom's Fury is a documentary film about the semifinal water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Blood in the Water match and Freedom's Fury are Hungary–Soviet Union relations and water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

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George Andrew Olah

George Andrew Olah (born Oláh András György; May 22, 1927 – March 8, 2017) was a Hungarian-American chemist.

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George Pataki

George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York from 1995 to 2006.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Hungarian Revolution of 1848

The Hungarian Revolution of 1848, also known in Hungary as Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849 was one of many European Revolutions of 1848 and was closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.

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Hungarian Revolution of 1956

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 4 November 1956; 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by the government's subordination to the Soviet Union (USSR). Blood in the Water match and Hungarian Revolution of 1956 are 1956 in international relations and Hungary–Soviet Union relations.

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Hungary men's national water polo team

The Hungary men's national water polo team represents Hungary in international men's water polo competitions and is controlled by the Hungarian Water Polo Association.

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Krisztina Goda

Krisztina Goda (born 1970) is a Hungarian screenwriter and film director.

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Lev Kuznetsov (fencer)

Lev Kuznetsov (Лев Фёдорович Кузнецов; 1 June 1930 – 16 March 2015) was a Soviet fencer.

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Mark Spitz

Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre

The Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre (originally known as the Swimming and Diving Stadium and now known commercially as the AIA Vitality Centre) is a sports administration and training facility located in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, Australia. Blood in the Water match and Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre are water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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Newsfront

Newsfront is a 1978 Australian drama film directed by Phillip Noyce, and starring Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, Chris Haywood and Bryan Brown.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prizes (Nobelpriset; Nobelprisen) are five separate prizes awarded to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind, as established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, in the year before he died.

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Olympic medal

An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games.

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Partisan (politics)

A partisan is a committed member of a political party.

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Pál Kovács

Pál Kovács (17 July 1912 – 8 July 1995) was a Hungarian athlete, who began as a hurdler, but eventually switched to fencing.

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Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker and actor.

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Sándor Petőfi

Sándor Petőfi (né Petrovics; Alexander Petrovič; Александар Петровић; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary.

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Soviet Union men's national water polo team

The Soviet Union men's national water polo team represented the Soviet Union in international water polo competitions.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854.

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The Argus (Melbourne)

The Argus was an Australian daily morning newspaper in Melbourne from 2 June 1846 to 19 January 1957, and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period.

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The Canberra Times

The Canberra Times is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine.

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Thor Leonardo Halvorssen Mendoza (born 1976) is a Venezuelan human rights advocate and film producer with contributions in the field of public policy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match

Blood in the Water match, the Glossary

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See also

1956 in international relations

Brawls in team sports

December 1956 sports events in Australia

History of water polo

Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Water polo in Hungary

Water polo in Russia

Water polo matches

References