When did Kostas Georgakis' protest happen?
26 July 1970
23 August 1948
19 September 1970
18 January 1971
Answer
On September 19, 1970, Kostas Georgakis set himself on fire in Athens in front of the parliament building in an act of protest against the Greek junta, which ruled the country from 1967 to 1974. Georgakis was a member of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and was protesting the government's crackdown on political dissidents.
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