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2008 Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages are rescued from FARC by Colombia
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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