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1996 Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo

1992 Test Cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo

1992 Colombo '92 closes in Genoa, Italy

1992 Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy

1987 Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed

1984 11 members of Colombo crime family arrested

1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hours, 28 minutes, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka

1978 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka

1971 Joseph Colombo, mobster, shot dead at 48

1954 Dav Whatmore, cricketer, Colombo Australia bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995-

1927 Peter Falk, born in Ossining, New York, actor, Colombo, Scared Straight

1892 Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala)

1666 Pieter de Bitter, Dutch Admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies

1656 Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon


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