September 17

Events

• 1176: The Byzantines, under Manuel I Comnenus, are defeated at Myriokefalon by the Seljuk Turks.
• 1960: Cyprus is accepted into the UN.
• 1961: Adnan Menderes is hanged in the Prince's Islands. Among the accusations brought against the former Turkish PM was his tolerance of the Istanbul Pogrom against the Greek minority.
• 1965: Stephanos Stephanopoulos is asked to form a government after Elias Tsirimokos fails to get a vote of confidence in Parliament.
• 2004: Imprisoned members of the Revolutionary Organization 17 November go on hunger strike to protest the "harsh" conditions of their imprisonment.

Sports

• 2006: Marcos Baghdatis defeats Mario Ancic to win the China Open.
• 2009: The new Europa League group stage commences. AEK and Panathinaikos lose to Everton (0-4) and Galatasaray (1-3) respectively.
• 2012: Panionios defeat OFI 2-1 in a game where all three goals were own goals.

Births

• 1956: Kostas Orfanos, footballer
• 1973: Demis Nikolaidis, football player, AEK FC President

Deaths

• 1982: Manos Loizos, composer
• 1996: Spiro Agnew, Greek-American Vice-President of the United States.
• 2011: Phaedon Mattheou, basketball player and coach.