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2013 Event - In Sri Lanka, a researcher discovered Poecilotheria rajaei, a new species of tarantula slightly smaller than a dinner plate, with a leg span of eight inches

2013 Event - In Sri Lanka, an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is passed by the Parliament

2011 Event - Save the Children launches a campaign to help 400,000 children in Sri Lanka deal with the crisis following the worst floods in their history

2010 Event - Sri Lanka's floods maroon over 76,000 people

2010 Event - Hawaii's Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and Sri Lanka's central highlands are added to the World Heritage List

2008 Death - Arthur C. Clarke, dies in Sri Lanka, at 90

1997 Death - Vijayananda Dahanayake, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1959 - 1960, dies

1996 Death - Junius Richard Jayawardene, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1977 - 1978, dies at 90

1996 Event - Shahid Afridi scores century in 37 balls for Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka

1996 Event - 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka

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

1996 Event - Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win Singer Cup in Singapore

1996 Event - 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 Event - Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup

1996 Event - Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play

1996 Event - 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 Event - Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup

1995 Event - Michael Slater scores 219 vs. Sri Lanka at the WACA

1995 Event - Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Australia vs. Sri Lanka, WACA)

1995 Event - Sri Lanka beat West Indies to win Sharjah Champions Trophy final

1995 Event - Brian Lara scores 169 in Sharjah ODI versus Sri Lanka

1995 Event - ODI in Sharjah WI 7-333 in 50 overs beat Sri Lanka 329 all out

1995 Event - Saleem Elahi scores century on ODI debut, Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka

1995 Event - Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1

1995 Event - India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah

1994 Event - Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen 1st female president of Sri Lanka

1994 Event - Bomb attack on opposition in Sri Lanka, 55+ killed

1994 Event - Chandrika Kumaratungo's party wins Sri Lanka elections

1993 Death - Ranasinghe Premadasa, President (Sri Lanka, 1989-93), assassinated at 68

1993 Event - Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets

1993 Death - Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide

1992 Event - Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v New Zealand by 9 wkts)

1992 Event - Matthews and Warne spin Australia to a famous win vs. Sri Lanka

1992 Event - Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia

1992 Event - 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka

1992 Event - Andy Flower scores 115* on ODI debut, Zimbabwe vs. Sri Lanka

1992 Event - World Cup scoreline Zimbabwe 4-312, Sri Lanka 7-313

1991 Event - Last day of a washout Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka at Gujranwala

1991 Event - Tamil Tigers capture Sri Lanka poet Selvi

1991 Event - Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons vs. Sri Lanka (122 and 100*)

1990 Event - 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 Event - Indian troops leave Sri Lanka

1988 Event - Premier Ranasinghe Premadasa elected President of Sri Lanka

1987 Event - West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup vs. Sri Lanka

1987 Event - Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka

1987 Event - Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed

1987 Event - Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)

1987 Event - Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed

1987 Event - Sri Lanka: Tamils shoot 122 Singalezen dead

1987 Event - Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand )

1986 Event - India score 7-676 vs. Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket

1986 Event - Sri Lanka all out 55 vs. WI in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in 4 3 overs

1986 Event - Air Lanka crashes, killing 22

1985 Event - Ravi Ratnayeke takes 8-83 for Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan

1985 Event - Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs vs. India

1983 Event - David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* vs. Sri Lanka

1982 Event - Sri Lanka President Jayewardene re-elected

1982 Event - Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka vs. India

1982 Event - Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match vs. Sri Lanka at Lahore

1982 Event - Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century

1982 Event - Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, vs. England

1979 Event - Sri Lanka beat Canada by 60 runs to win the 1st ICC Trophy

1979 Event - Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset

1979 Event - Sri Lanka forfeit ICC Trophy game vs Israel for political reasons

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

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

1978 Event - Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka

1977 Event - Sri Lanka premier Bandaranaike loses election

1975 Event - Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, vs. WI Cricket World Cup

1974 Event - Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims

1972 Birthday - Dulip Liyanage, cricketer, Sri Lanka righty fast-medium Test bowler

1972 Event - Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified

1971 Birthday - Piyal Wijetunge, cricketer, Sri Lanka slow left-armer 1993

1971 Birthday - Shivanthini Dharmasiri, Miss Universe-Sri Lanka 1996

1970 Birthday - Chamara Dunusinghe, cricket wicketkeeper, Sri Lanka 1995

1970 Birthday - Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper 1993

1969 Birthday - Ijaz Ahmed, Jr., cricketer, one Test Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka 1995

1968 Birthday - Sanjeeva Weerasinghe, cricketer, Test for Sri Lanka vs. India at 17

1967 Birthday - Hashan Tillekeratne, cricketer, Sri Lanka wicket-keeper/batsman

1967 Birthday - Roshan Jurangpathy, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1985-86

1966 Event - Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India

1965 Birthday - Gamini Wickremasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lanka wicket-keeper

1965 Birthday - Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket, Sri Lanka's greatest batsman

1965 Birthday - Kaushik Amalean, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka 1986-88

1965 Birthday - Marlon Vonhagt, cricketer, 1 ODI Sri Lanka 1984-85 World Series Cup

1965 Event - D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

1964 Birthday - Kosala Kuruppuarachchi, cricketer, bowls 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 86-87

1962 Birthday - Charith Senanayake, cricketer, played for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1991

1962 Birthday - Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, v Sri Lanka 1985-86

1961 Birthday - Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer, four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88

1961 Birthday - Ranjit Madurasinghe, cricketer, 3 Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92

1960 Event - In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM

1960 Birthday - Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer, bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka

1959 Birthday - Ranjan Madugalle, cricketer, pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams

1957 Birthday - Rohan Jayasekera, cricketer, one Test Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan 1982

1957 Birthday - Yohan Gunasekera, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983

1957 Birthday - David Houghton, cricketer, Zimbabwe batsman, 266 vs. Sri Lanka 1994

1956 Birthday - Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener, 190 vs. England Lords 1984

1956 Birthday - Asoka De Silva, cricket leg-spinner, Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91

1955 Birthday - Susil Fernando, cricketer, 5 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983

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

1954 Birthday - Jayantha Amerasinghe, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1983

1953 Birthday - Bandula Warnapura, cricketer, 1st Sri Lanka Test captain

1951 Birthday - Sridharan Jeganathan, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1983

1949 Birthday - Lalith Kaluperuma, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka 1982

1949 Birthday - Sunil Wettimuny, cricket, Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups

1948 Event - Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares independence from UK

1948 Birthday - Rakesh Shukla, cricket leg-spinner, 1 Test India vs. Sri Lanka 1982

1924 Birthday - Ranasinghe Premadasa, president of Sri Lanka, 1989-93

1916 Birthday - Sirimavo Bandaranaike, world's 1st woman PM, Sri Lanka, 1960..77

1906 Birthday - Junius Richard Jayawardene, president, Sri Lanka, 1978-89

1901 Birthday - George Keyt, born in Sri Lanka, artist, modern painter, cubist style, influenced by Henri Matisse, celebrated for line drawing translation of Gita Govinda into English and Sinhalese













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