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The emblem of the Military Junta of 1967-1974
Events
- 1949: Gregorios Staktopoulos is convicted of the murder of journalist, George Polk and sentenced to life imprisonment.
 - 1961: Scientific research determines that the average life expectancy of a Greek male is 57 years and that of a Greek female is 62 years.
 - 1963: MP Gregoris Lambrakis marches alone in the Marathon to Athens peace rally that was banned by the police.
 - 1967: After a military coup, a Junta, led by George Papadopoulos, seizes power in Greece.
 
Sports
- 1967: Due to the colonels' coup d' etat all Greek football league matches are postponed. The championship will reopen on May 21
 - 2019: PAOK wins its third Greek League title defeating Levadiakos with 5-0 in a packed Toumba Stadium
 
Births
- 1927: Anna Synodinou, actress
 - 1963: Thanasis Dimopoulos, footballer
 
Deaths
- 2017: Stathis Psaltis, actor