1928

Events

April

• April 22: An earthquake devastates Corinth and Loutraki killing dozens.

May

• May 14: The Bank of Greece begins operations under director Alexandros Diomedes.
• May 24: The 1928 Football Championship kicks off with Aris defeating Atromitos 3-1 in Athens.
• May 26: A moving picture is shown for the first time in Athens.

June

• June 23: Angelos Lambrou breaks the Greek record in the 100m with 11.0.
• June 24: Aris defeat Ethnikos Piraeus 3-1 to clinch the first football championship in Greek history.

July

• July 5: Eleftherios Venizelos' Laiko Komma win 178 (of 250) parliamentary seats in the national elections.

September

• September 23: Italy and Greece sign a "Neutrality, Accordance and Judicial Resolution Pact".

November

• November 4: Legendary goalkeeper Achilleas Grammatikopoulos debuts for Olympiakos. Grammatikopoulos will remain Olympiakos' keeper until 1944.
• November 6: Greece acknowledges Albania's rule over Northern Epirus

Births

January

• January 9: Kostas Karapatis, football player and coach.

February

• February 22: Grigoris Afxentiou, hero of the EOKA struggle.

March

• March 9: Yiannis Papantoniou, footballer.
• March 10: Yiannis Nembidis, footballer.

May

• May 30: Alan Ashman, former coach of Olympiakos.

June

• June 12: Petros Molyviatis, politician
• June 23: Spiros Zagoreos, Laika singer

July

• July 22: Nick Galifianakis, Greek-American politician.

September

• September 1: George Maharis, Greek-American actor.
• September 23: Chronis Aidonidis, singer

October

• October 12: Domna Samiou, folk singer
• October 30: Babis Kotridis, footballer

November

• November 27: Alekos Alexandrakis, actor

December

• December 10: John Colicos, Greek-Canadian actor.
• December 23: Chronis Aidonidis, folklore singer, born in Karoti, Evros

Deaths

July

• July 20: Kostas Karyotakis, poet - a suicide

August

• August 19: Stephanos Skouloudis, politician, Prime Minister