Phantis:Selected anniversaries/July 17
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- 1912: The people of Icaria expelled the Turkish garrison from their island.
- 1953: Greek troops repelled a Chinese attack in the Seungam-ri area of Korea.
- 1955: 27 Communists escaped from Vourla prison in Piraeus.
- 1979: The Vardinogiannis Group acquired Panathinaikos FC.
- Deaths: Phaedon Gizikis (1999), Junta-appointed President of Greece