Historical eventSeptember 212018
Zak Kostopoulos
LGBT rights activist Zak Kostopoulos is beaten to death on a busy street in Athens.
In context
- When
- Friday, September 21 20188 years ago
- Category
- Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Era
- 21st century · 2010s
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At a glance
Dates: From 2018.
What happened
Zacharias "Zak" Kostopoulos was a Greek-American activist, defending the rights of LGBT people, HIV-positive people, sex workers, and refugees. He worked as a drag performer under the stage name Zackie Oh. He was killed on a busy street near Omonoia Square, Athens in broad daylight on 21 September 2018. First beaten by civilians and later by the police, he died while on the way to the hospital. Two men were found guilty of his murder.
September 21 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 2001America: A Tribute to Heroes
- 2001Murder of Ross Parker
- 2001Peterborough
- 2003Galileo (spacecraft)
- 2004Green Day
- 2012Egyptians
- 2013Al-Shabaab (militant group)
- 2013Westgate shopping mall attack
- 2015AdventHealth
- 2018Zak Kostopoulos
- 20192019 Albania earthquake
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September 21 2018 — 8 years ago, on a Friday.
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