December 28
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Events
- 1820: Grigoris Papaflessas returns to Peloponnesus from Constantinople
- 1909: Eleftherios Venizelos arrives in Athens on invitation by the reformist Military League.
- 1944: British ships start to evacuate the remnants of Napoleon Zervas' EDES forces off the Greek mainland to the island of Corfu.
- 1946: Shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis marries Athina Mary Livanos, daughter of Stavros Livanos another shipping magnate.
- 1996: The SS "Dystos" sinks off the coast of Euboea. Twenty passengers drown.
Sports
- 1991: First All-Star basketball game in Greece. A team of Greek players faces a team of foreigners playing in the Greek championship. A dunk by John Hutson thrashes the board.
Births
- 1946: Lefteris Poupakis, football player
- 1973: Alex Dimitriades, Greek-Australian actor
Deaths
- 2019: Thanos Mikroutsikos, composer