Phantis:Selected anniversaries/April 21
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- 1949: Gregorios Staktopoulos was convicted of the murder of journalist, George Polk and sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 1961: Scientific research determined that the average life expectancy of a Greek male was 57 years and that of a Greek female 62 years.
- 1963: MP Gregoris Lambrakis marched 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, seized power in Greece.
