1928

Events

April

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

May

• May 26: A moving picture is shown for the first time in Athens.

June

• 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.

November

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

Births

March

• March 9: Yiannis Papantoniou, footballer.

June

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

July

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

November

• November 27: Alekos Alexandrakis, actor

December

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

Unknown

• Grigoris Afxentiou, hero of the EOKA struggle.

Deaths

July

• July 20: Kostas Karyotakis, poet - a suicide