| 28/12/2013 | 13-year-old Stavroula Tsolakidou of Kavala Chess Club wins the Junior World Championship (Under 14) among 126 players from 63 countries, with 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The young player who raised her ELO rating to 2132 points is coached by Thanasis Mastrovasilis. The championship is held at the premises of the University of Al Ain (120 km from Dubai) in the United Arab Emirates, with the participation of 1850 chess players in all categories. |
| 28/12/2009 | The Greek Olympic Committee in recognition of the work of the Hellenic Olympians Association (HOA) and their offer to the promotion of the Olympic Movement, following the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee, grant them an Office at the NOC building, formalizing the recognition of the ??? as the official organ of all Olympians. |
| 28/12/1999 | The 4th Eurostars is held in Moscow. East (featuring Economou for the 4th time) defeats West 112-107. Tyus Edney is voted MVP |
| 28/12/1996 | The Football Federation of Cyprus initiates an investigation after allegations, made by the Press, that players of the national team bet in favour of Bulgaria, Cyprus opponent, two weeks earlier (14/12) |
| 28/12/1991 | First All-Star 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 |
| 28/12/1990 | Readers of an italian newspaper vote Diego Maradona as the most hated person in Italy, ahead of George Bush, Sadam Hussein and Madonna |
| 28/12/1968 | Christos Zoupas scores 32 points against Yugoslavia in Smyrni. The player of Amyntas and AEK will play in 52 matches and will score a total of 352 points during the 10 years of participation in the national team (1962-1972) |
| 28/12/1966 | 29-year-old Giorgos Moschos, the famous play-maker of AEK, dies of cancer. AEK will honour him by giving his name to the team's baskeball home ground |
| 28/12/1966 | American swimmer Catherine Ball smashes the 100m breast style world record (1:15.6) in Fort Lauderdale. The next two years she will improve it twice (1:14.6 on August 19, 1967 and 1:14.2 on August 25, 1968) |
| 28/12/1949 | Jack Lovelock, from New Zealand, who won the gold medal at the Berlin (1936) Olympics in 1500m and set the world record next year (3:47.8) is tragically killed at the age of 39 when he falls under a subway train in New York |
| 28/12/1902 | First indoor professional american football game. New York defeat Syracuse 6-0 in front of 3.000 spectators at Madison Square Garden |
| 28/12/1895 | The Lumière brothers (Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas and Louis Jean) hold their first public screening of films, at which admission is charged at Paris's Salon Indien du Grand Café, through the cinematograph, a film camera, projector and developer, they patented on 13/2/1895. This history-making presentation featured ten short films, including their first film, “Sortie des Usines Lumière à Lyon” (Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory), which was recorded on 19/3/1895. Each film is 17 meters long, which, when hand cranked through a projector, runs approximately 50 seconds. However, their first private screening of projected motion pictures took place on 22/3/1895. |
