Phantis:Selected anniversaries/February 17
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- 1914: The Greeks of Northern Epirus declared their independence in Argyrokastro.
- 1982: Civil wedding ceremonies were given equal status to religious ones in Greece.
- 1999: Nikos Polychronopoulos won the gold medal at the European Juniors Billiard Championship in Murcia, Spain.
- Births: Giorgos Douros, international referee (1962)
- Deaths: Jovian, Byzantine emperor (364), Alexander Pantages, Greek-American businessman (1936), Benjamin I, Patriarch of Constantinople (1946)
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