With more than 6,000 police deployed in the city center, protesters marched from the National Technical University of Athens, where the 1973 uprising kicked off, to the U.S. Embassy.
Some burned a European Union flag, angry over EU demands to cut Greek spending in order to get a desperately needed bailout loan.
After violent clashes with police on the 16th, the army intervened and tanks stormed the National Technical University in the early hours of the 17th.
While the student uprising failed to overthrow the dictatorship, a coup by army hardliners deposed the dictator, George Papadopoulos, on Nov. 25, 1973.
Some burned a European Union flag, angry over EU demands to cut Greek spending in order to get a desperately needed bailout loan.
After violent clashes with police on the 16th, the army intervened and tanks stormed the National Technical University in the early hours of the 17th.
While the student uprising failed to overthrow the dictatorship, a coup by army hardliners deposed the dictator, George Papadopoulos, on Nov. 25, 1973.
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