Phantis:Selected anniversaries/March 28
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- 1821: Three days after the proclamation of the Greek Revolution, a provisional government was formed in the liberated city of Kalamata.
- 1964: The Turkish government started expelling ethnic Greeks. During 1964, almost 10,000 Greeks were forced out of Turkey.
- 1972: Dictator George Papadopoulos became: Royal Regent, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Defence Minister and President of the Greek Parliament.
- 2003: Greek police put an end to the hijacking of a Turkish jet which landed at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport. All 192 passengers and 11 crew members are safe.
- Births: Angelos Sikelianos, writer (1884), Spyros Skouras, Greek-American President of 20th Century Fox (1893)
- Deaths: Stylianos Lenas, EOKA fighter (1957), Mimis Traiforos, author, song writer, director (1998)