July 17

Events

• 1912: The people of Icaria expel the Turkish garrison from their island.
• 1953: Greek troops repel a Chinese attack in the Zugam-Ni area of Korea.
• 1955: 27 Communists escape from Vourla prison in Piraeus.

Sports

• 2000: Nikos Boudouris, the first Greek basketball player to have won all 3 European titles, signs with Olympiakos becoming the third player of Panathinaikos (alongside with Radja and Economou) to join Olympiakos.

Deaths

• 1999: Phaedon Gizikis, Junta-appointed President of Greece.