Phantis:Selected anniversaries/December 27
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- 537: Hagia Sophia was rededicated in Constantinople by Byzantine emperor Justinian I with the words: "I have bested you, Solomon!"
- 1944: PM Georgios Papandreou submitted his resignation in the midst of the post-World War II December crisis ("Δεκεμβριανά"). Winston Churchill left Athens for London.
- 1947: A law was passed by the Centrist Sophoklis Venizelos government outlawing the Communist Party of Greece and the National Liberation Front (EAM). Furthermore, the law criminalised the teaching and spreading of Communism and forbade the publication of any communist newspaper or magazine.
- Births: Achilleas Karamanlis, politician (1929), Thanasis Polykandriotis, composer of Laika music (1947), Haris Alexiou, singer (1950)
Recent days: December 26 - December 25