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Events
April
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