1999 Earthquake kills about 1,185 in Armenia, Colombia
1997 Misael Pastrana Borrero, President of Colombia (1970-74), dies
1997 Virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies
1995 6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed)
1995 DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives
1994 Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia (1966-70), dies at 86
1994 Ernesto Samper sworn in as president of Colombia
1994 Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US
1994 U.S. beats Colombia 2-1 in 1994 soccer world cup (1st win since 1950)
1994 Ernesto Samper elected president of Colombia
1994 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia, about 1000 killed
1993 Boeing 727 crashes into mountain at Medellin Colombia, kills 132
1992 6.6 earthquake hits Colombia with no fatalities
1992 Colombia drug baron Pablo Escobar escapes prison
1990 Cesar Gaviria Trujillo installed as president of Colombia
1990 Cesar Gaviria Trujillo chosen President of Colombia
1990 Alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia (1945-46, 58-62), dies
1988 Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US
1986 Virgilio Barco elected president of Colombia
1985 Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed
1985 Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000
1985 M-19 guerrilla's occupies Palace of Justice Bogota Colombia
1983 Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
1981 Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba
1978 Liberal Julio Turbay Ayola wins Colombia elections
1975 Edgar Renteria, born in Barranquilla, Colombia, infielder for the Florida Marlins
1974 Claudia Elena Vasquez, Miss Universe-best costume, Colombia, 1997
1974 Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia)
1973 Fred Rodriguez, born in Bogota, Colombia, cyclist 1996 Olympics
1971 Mauricio Hadad, Cali Colombia, tennis star, 1995 Bermuda
1971 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45
1970 Maria Checca, born in Bogota, Colombia, playmate, Aug, 1994
1965 Fireworks explosions kill 50 in Cartagena, Colombia
1958 Roberto Guerrero, Medelin Colombia, Indy racer, Rookie of Year 1984
1958 Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen president of Colombia
1957 Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia
1957 Gabriel Paris forms government of Colombia
1956 Dynamite transport explodes in Colombia; about 1200 die
1953 Military coup by general Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Colombia
1950 Claudia de Colombia, born in Bogato, Columbia, spanish singer, Yo Creo En Ti
1948 Org of American States charter signed at Bogota, Colombia
1947 Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, president, Colombia, 1990-94
1934 1st sitting U.S. president to visit South America, Franklin D. Roosevelt in Colombia
1934 Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia
1931 Rafael Puyana, Bogota Colombia, baroque harpsichordist, New York debut 1957
1921 Virgilio Barco Vargas, president of Colombia, 1986-90
1914 U.S. and Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone
1909 Colombia recognizes Panama's independence
1908 Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia
1906 Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter
1903 Colombia grants Panama independence
1894 Rafael Nunez, president (Colombia)/writer (La fonolgia Moderna), dies
1894 Rafael Nunez, Colombia, 3 times president (188?..94), dies at 68
1889 Jose Eustasio Rivera, Colombia, poet and novelist, Vortex
1886 Colombia adopts constitution
1886 Alfonso Lopez, Colombia, statesman, President United Nations security council-1948
1875 Quake in Venezuela and Colombia kills 16,000
1873 Guillermo Valencia, Colombia, poet/translator/statesman
1865 Jose Asuncion Silva, Colombia, poet, Nocturno III
1863 Confederacion Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia
1858 Confederacion Granadina (now Colombia) forms
1831 State Gran Colombia disbands
1830 Simon Bolivar, president (Colombia), dies at 47 in Colombia
1825 Rafael Nunez, Colombia, 3 times president, 188?..94
1819 Congress of Angostura establishes Colombia's independence from Spain
1819 Battle of Boyaca; Bolivar defeats Spanish in Colombia
1811 Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain
1810 Colombia declares independence from Spain
1586 Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
1524 Pizarro's begins 1st great expedition, near Colombia
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