Historical Events tagged with "varkiza"
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Politics & Government
Assassination Attempt on Georgios Papadopoulos
August 13th, 1968 56 years ago
Alexandros Panagoulis attempted to assassinate Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens, using explosives during a busy summer day. Panagoulis, a Greek politician and dissident, aimed to bring attention to the oppressive regime of Papadopoulos, who had been in power since a coup in 1967. The attempt failed, leading to Panagoulis’s arrest and subsequent torture. This act of resistance highlighted the growing discontent among the Greek populace towards the military junta.
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