Phantis:Selected anniversaries/June 17
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- 1771: Cretan revolutionary Daskaloyiannis was skinned alive by the Turks in Heraklio.
- 1946: The Greek Parliament controversially voted into law the Emergency Measures Act which allowed the death penalty for those that "worked against public order and the territorial integrity of the state"
- 1964: Fans vandalized and burned Leoforos Alexandras Stadium after a very suspicious 1-1 Greek Cup semifinal draw between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos.
- 2003: AEK's forward Demis Nikolaidis married singer Despina Vandi.
- Births: Nikos Stavropoulos, basketball player (1959), Marcos Baghdatis (1985), Cypriot tennis player.
- Deaths: Daskaloyiannis, Cretan revolutionary (1771)
