October 17

Events

• 322 BC: Demosthenes commits suicide before he could be handed over to the Macedonians.
• 1863: Prince George of Denmark arrives in Piraeus. He will reign on the throne of Greece for the next 50 years.
• 1931: Metropolitan of Kition, Nikodimos Milonas, calls for protests throughout Cyprus against British policies on the island.
• 1949: "Radio Free Greece" announces the cessation of all hostilities on the part of the communist Democratic Army of Greece. The Greek Civil War is officially over.

Births

• 1860: Dionysios Lavrangas, composer
• 1955: Georgios Alogoskoufis, economist, politician

Deaths

• 1992: Orestes Laskos, poet and theatrical writer.
• 1999: Mema Stathopoulou, actress