1997 Vijayananda Dahanayake, PM of Sri Lanka (1959-60), dies
1996 Junius Richard Jayawardene, PM of Sri Lanka (1977-78), dies at 90
1996 Shahid Afridi scores century in 37 balls for Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka
1996 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka
1996 Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo
1996 Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win Singer Cup in Singapore
1996 Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore
1996 Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup
1996 Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play
1996 Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 vs. Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup vs. Kenya
1996 Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup
1995 Michael Slater scores 219 vs. Sri Lanka at the WACA
1995 Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust vs. Sri Lanka, WACA)
1995 Sri Lanka beat West Indies to win Sharjah Champions Trophy final
1995 Brian Lara scores 169 in Sharjah ODI versus Sri Lanka
1995 ODI in Sharjah WI 7-333 in 50 overs beat Sri Lanka 329 all out
1995 Saleem Elahi scores century on ODI debut, Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka
1995 Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1
1995 India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah
1994 Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen 1st female president of Sri Lanka
1994 Bomb attack on opposition in Sri Lanka, 55+ killed
1994 Chandrika Kumaratungo's party wins Sri Lanka elections
1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa, President (Sri Lanka, 1989-93), assassinated at 68
1993 Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets
1993 Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide
1992 Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v NZ by 9 wkts)
1992 Matthews and Warne spin Australia to a famous win vs. Sri Lanka
1992 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia
1992 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka
1992 Andy Flower scores 115* on ODI debut, Zimbabwe vs. Sri Lanka
1992 World Cup scoreline Zimbabwe 4-312, Sri Lanka 7-313
1991 Last day of a washout Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka at Gujranwala
1991 Tamil Tigers capture Sri Lanka poet Selvi
1991 Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons vs. Sri Lanka (122 and 100*)
1990 Sri Lanka all out 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17 lose, Phil Eagles beat Giants 31-13 and L.A. Rams beat 49ers 28-17
1990 Indian troops leave Sri Lanka
1988 Premier Ranasinghe Premadasa elected President of Sri Lanka
1987 West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup vs. Sri Lanka
1987 Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka
1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed
1987 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1987 Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
1987 Sri Lanka: Tamils shoot 122 Singalezen dead
1987 Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka vs. NZ)
1986 India score 7-676 vs. Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket
1986 Sri Lanka all out 55 vs. WI in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in 4 3 overs
1986 Air Lanka crashes, killing 22
1985 Ravi Ratnayeke takes 8-83 for Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan
1985 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs vs. India
1983 David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* vs. Sri Lanka
1982 Sri Lanka President Jayewardene re-elected
1982 Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka vs. India
1982 Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match vs. Sri Lanka at Lahore
1982 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
1982 Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, vs. England
1979 Sri Lanka beat Canada by 60 runs to win the 1st ICC Trophy
1979 Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset
1979 Sri Lanka forfeit ICC Trophy game vs Israel for political reasons
1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]
1978 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
1978 Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka
1977 Sri Lanka premier Bandaranaike loses election
1975 Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, vs. WI Cricket World Cup
1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims
1972 Dulip Liyanage, cricketer, Sri Lanka righty fast-medium Test bowler
1972 Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified
1971 Piyal Wijetunge, cricketer, Sri Lanka slow left-armer 1993
1971 Shivanthini Dharmasiri, Miss Universe-Sri Lanka 1996
1970 Chamara Dunusinghe, cricket wicketkeeper, Sri Lanka 1995
1970 Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper 1993
1969 Ijaz Ahmed, Jr., cricketer, one Test Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka 1995
1968 Sanjeeva Weerasinghe, cricketer, Test for Sri Lanka vs. India at 17
1967 Hashan Tillekeratne, cricketer, Sri Lanka wicket-keeper/batsman
1967 Roshan Jurangpathy, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1985-86
1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India
1965 Gamini Wickremasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lanka wicket-keeper
1965 Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket, Sri Lanka's greatest batsman
1965 Kaushik Amalean, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka 1986-88
1965 Marlon Vonhagt, cricketer, 1 ODI Sri Lanka 1984-85 World Series Cup
1965 D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1964 Kosala Kuruppuarachchi, cricketer, bowls 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 86-87
1962 Charith Senanayake, cricketer, played for Sri Lanka vs. NZ 1991
1962 Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, v Sri Lanka 1985-86
1961 Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer, four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88
1961 Ranjit Madurasinghe, cricketer, 3 Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92
1960 In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM
1960 Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer, bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka
1959 Ranjan Madugalle, cricketer, pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams
1957 Rohan Jayasekera, cricketer, one Test Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan 1982
1957 Yohan Gunasekera, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983
1957 David Houghton, cricketer, Zimbabwe batsman, 266 vs. Sri Lanka 1994
1956 Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener, 190 vs. England Lords 1984
1956 Asoka De Silva, cricket leg-spinner, Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91
1955 Susil Fernando, cricketer, 5 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983
1954 Dav Whatmore, cricketer, Colombo Aust bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995-
1954 Jayantha Amerasinghe, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka vs. NZ 1983
1953 Bandula Warnapura, cricketer, 1st Sri Lanka Test captain
1951 Sridharan Jeganathan, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka vs. NZ 1983
1949 Lalith Kaluperuma, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka 1982
1949 Sunil Wettimuny, cricket, Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups
1948 Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares independence from UK
1948 Rakesh Shukla, cricket leg-spinner, 1 Test India vs. Sri Lanka 1982
1924 Ranasinghe Premadasa, president of Sri Lanka, 1989-93
1916 Sirimavo Bandaranaike, world's 1st woman PM, Sri Lanka, 1960..77
1906 Junius Richard Jayawardene, president, Sri Lanka, 1978-89
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