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2009 Eight people are killed, several injured, after gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketeers in Lahore, Pakistan
2008 Pervez Musharraf resigns as President of Pakistan 2007 Benazir Bhutto is assassinated by a bomb blast in Rawalpindi, Pakistan 2007 Benazir Bhutto, dies in Punjab, Pakistan, assassinated by Al-Quaeda, at 54 1998 Pakistan tests underground nuclear weapons, sparking fears of a nuclear conflict with India 1997 Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45 1997 Pakistan defeat West Indies 2-0 to win Australia one-day Series 1997 Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Aus vs. Pakistan, MCG 1996 Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning 1996 Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan vs. New Zealand Lahore 1996 Mohamed Amin, cameraman, photojournalist, known for photos of Ethiopian famine, fall of Idi Amin, wrote, 'Journey Through Pakistan', dies at 53 1996 Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 years 238 days 1996 Shahid Afridi scores century in 37 balls for Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka 1996 1st one-day international in Canada, India vs. Pakistan at Toronto 1996 India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's 1996 South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah 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 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 Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning 1994 Pakistan defeat Australia by one wicket in Karachi Test 1993 Pakistan minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president 1993 Ghuslam Wyne, premier of Lahore Pakistan, murdered at 60 1993 Pakistan all out 43 vs. West Indies, world one-day int record low 1992 900 die in flood in Pakistan 1992 England get 7-363 in 55 overs vs Pakistan, then world ODI record 1992 Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs to win World Cup 1992 Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul New Zealand in exciting World Cup semi 1991 Last day of a washout Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka at Gujranwala 1991 Afghanistan and Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die 1990 Pakistan make 3-0 drubbing of New Zealand, Waqar Younis 29 series wkts 1990 President Ghulam Ishaq Kahn dismisses premier Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan 1990 Pakistan beat Australia by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah 1990 Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup 1990 Dean Jones scores twin Test tons vs. Pakistan at Adelaide Oval 1989 Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup 1989 Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India and WI on round-robin 1988 Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Moslem country, Pakistan 1988 Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins parliamentary election 1988 Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane 1988 Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections 1988 Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi 1988 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1978-88), dies at 63 1988 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1978-88), dies in crash at 64 1988 Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, President of Pakistan, killed in plane crash 1988 President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan 1988 U.S.S.R., U.S., Pakistan and Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty 1988 Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI vs. Pakistan, Georgetown 1987 Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future president, marries Asif Ali Zardari 1987 Pakistan all out 708 vs. England at The Oval, Botham 3-217 1987 Pakistan score their 1st innings win over England, at Leeds 1986 Pakistan all out for 77 vs. West Indies at Lahore 1986 West Indies all out for 53 vs. Pakistan (Abdul Qadir 6-16) 1986 Karachi Pakistan army storms hijacked U.S. B-747, 19 killed 1986 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan 1985 Pakistan restores constitution 1985 Ravi Ratnayeke takes 8-83 for Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan 1985 India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket" 1983 Graeme Yallop completes 268 vs. Pakistan at cricket MCG 1983 Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, vs. Pakistan MCG 1983 Wayne Phillips scores 159 on Test Cricket debut, vs. Pakistan at WACA 1982 Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan vs. Australia 1981 Greg Chappell scores 201 vs. Pakistan at Gabba 1981 Pakistan all out 62 vs. Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18 1981 Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, WI vs. Pakistan 1980 Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63 1980 Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket vs. Pakistan 1979 Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 vs. Pakistan at Kanpur 1979 Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack U.S. embassy, 1 dies 1979 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan at 51 1979 Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball vs. Pakistan at WACA 1978 Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs. Pakistan at Faisalabad 1978 Ian Botham takes 8-34 vs. Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling 1978 Cricket Test debut of David Gower, vs. Pakistan, Edgbaston, scores 58 1977 Shahid Nazir, cricketer, Pakistan Test fast bowler vs. Zimbabwe 1996 1977 Pakistan general Zia ul-Haq bans all opposition 1977 Pakistan's army, led by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power 1977 Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections 1977 Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain 1977 Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft and Joel Garner vs. Pakistan Bridgetown 1977 Imran Khan takes 12 wickets in match for Pakistan win at the SCG 1976 Saqlain Mushtaq, cricketer, Pakistan Test off-spinner 1995 1976 Mpumelo Mbangwa, cricketer, Zimbabwe pace bowler vs. Pakistan 1996 1976 Everton Matambanadzo, Zimbabwean cricket pace bowler, vs. Pakistan 1996 1975 Earthquake in Pakistan, 4,000 die 1975 Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 vs. Pakistan World Cup 1975 Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, vs. Pakistan Lahore 1974 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed 1974 Zaheer Abbas scores 240 Pakistan vs. England at The Cricket Oval 1974 Mohammed Ayub Khan, premier/president (Pakistan), dies 1974 Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh 1973 India and Pakistan sign POW accord 1973 Ashfaq Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistan pace bowler 1993- 1973 Pakistan suspends constitution 1973 Dennis Amiss out for 99 vs. Pakistan, 3rd 99 in Test Cricket 1973 Rodney Redmond scores 107 on debut vs. Pakistan, his only Test Cricket 1973 1st one-day international for Pakistan and New Zealand 1973 Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, New Zealand vs. Pakistan, Wellington 1973 Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106 1973 Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs. Pakistan at SCG 1973 Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 vs. Pakistan Never again 1972 Test Cricket debut of Jeff Thomson and Max Walker vs. Pakistan at MCG 1972 New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan 1972 India and Pakistan sign peace accord 1972 Pakistan withdraws from the British Commonwealth 1971 Pakistan president Yahya Khan resigns 1971 Cease fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir 1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan 1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence 1971 Zahoor Elahi, cricketer, Pakistan opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996 1970 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die 1969 Nadeem Shahid, born in Karachi, Pakistan, Nadeem 'Nads' Shahid, English first-class cricketeer, 148 game career as right-handed batsman included 6453 runs at 31.02 with 9 hundreds, played for Essex and Surrey 1969 Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540 1969 Pakistan General Agha Mohammed Jagja Khan succeeds Ayub Chan as president 1969 Azam Khan, cricketer, Pakistan ODI batsman 1996 1969 Ijaz Ahmed, Jr., cricketer, one Test Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka 1995 1968 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan 1967 Masood Anwar, cricketer, one Test Pakistan vs. West Indies 1990 1967 Wasim Haider, cricketer, member Pakistan's 1992 World Cup squad 1966 India and Pakistan sign peace accord 1965 India and Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect 1965 India invades West Pakistan 1965 India and Pakistan border fights 1965 Wayne James, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test wicketkeeper vs. Pakistan 1993 1965 Indian troops invade Pakistan 1965 Pakistan, Iran and Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact 1965 India and Pakistan border fights 1965 India and Pakistan engage in border fight 1965 Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man New Zealand vs. Pakistan 1964 Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, vs. Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31 1964 Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings vs. Pakistan 1964 Nadeem Abbasi, cricketer, three Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1989 1964 Mir Aimal Kansi, Quetta Pakistan, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1964 Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan 1963 Zakir Khan, cricketer, two Tests for Pakistan 1986 - 1989 1962 Shahid Mahboob, cricketer, batted in one Test for Pakistan 1989 1960 House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan) 1960 Marshal Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan 1959 Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48 1959 Rashid Khan, cricketer, 4 Tests for Pakistan 1982-85 1959 President Eisenhower watches Pakistan vs. Australia Test Cricket at Karachi 1959 West Indies all out 76 vs. Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34 1958 Iqbal Sikander, cricketer, Pakistan leg-spinner 1992 World Cup 1958 General Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as president of Pakistan 1958 Oman turns over Gwadur (on Baluchistan coast) to Pakistan 1958 Sobers completes a century in each innings vs. Pakistan 1958 West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl vs. Pakistan 1958 West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket 1958 Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI vs. Pakistan, Port-of-Spain 1957 Rohan Jayasekera, cricketer, one Test Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan 1982 1957 II Tsjoendrigar becomes premier of Pakistan 1957 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan) 1957 Passenger train and oil train crash in Gambar West Pakistan, 300 die 1957 Javed Miandad, cricketer, Pakistan batsman Got a kick out of Lillee 1956 Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt 1956 1st Pakistan vs. Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day 1956 East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves 1956 Ijaz Faqih, cricketer, Pakistan off-spin all-rounder in 5 Tests 80-88 1956 Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) 1956 Islamic Republic forms in Pakistan 1955 Anwar Khan, cricketer, bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979 1955 New Zealand all out for 70 vs. Pakistan at Dacca 1955 Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad 1955 Pakistan vs. India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw 1954 Pakistan governor-general Ghoelan Mohammed disbands parliament 1954 Denis Compton scores 278 in 290 minutes vs. Pakistan 1953 Pakistan becomes islamic republic 1953 Benazir Bhutto, born in Pakistan, first woman elected prime minister, chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) 1953 Ranji Nanan, cricketer, Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test vs. Pakistan 1981 1952 R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut vs. Pakistan, Calcutta 1952 Imran Khan Niaz, cricketer, Pakistan's greatest all-rounder 1952 Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts vs. India 1952 Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistan's 1st Test century 124* vs. India 1952 Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash 1952 Pakistan's 1st Test starts, vs. India at Delhi 1951 Azmat Rana, cricketer, one Test for Pakistan against Australia 1980 1951 Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan 1947 - 1951, assassinated by Said Akbar 1948 Mohammed Ali Jinnah, 1st governor of Pakistan (1947-48), dies at 71 1948 Wasim Bari, cricket wicket-keeper, Pakistan's most successful 1947 Younis Ahmed, cricketer, batted for Pakistan in 1969 and again in 1987 1947 India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan 1947 Pakistan, formerly West Pakistan, declares independence from UK 1947 Pakistan gains independence from Britain 1947 Zaheer Abbas, cricketer, probably Pakistan's finest batsman ever 1947 Jeff Moss, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. Pakistan 1979 1947 British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan 1947 Ghulam Abbas, cricketer, scored 12 and 0 in only Test for Pakistan 1967 1947 Salah-ud-Din, cricketer, played 5 Tests for Pakistan 1965-69 1946 Leonard Baichan, cricketer, WI opener, 103 vs. Pakistan on debut 1975 1945 Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer, attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81 1945 Farooq Hamid, cricketer, 1-107 in Test, Pakistan vs. Australia 1964 1944 Bob Cottam, cricketer, England fast-medium on 2 India/Pakistan tours 1944 Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer, Pakistan left-arm quick, 1 Test 1944 Arif Butt, cricketer, pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65 1944 Salim Altaf, cricketer, Pakistan medium-pacer in 21 Tests 1967-78 1943 Mushtaq Mohammad, cricketer, Pakistan leg-spin all-rounder 1959-79 1943 Mohamed Amin, born in Kenya, cameraman, photojournalist, known for photos of Ethiopian famine, fall of Idi Amin, wrote, 'Journey Through Pakistan' 1941 Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricket leg-spinner, 1959-77 1941 Peter Truscott, cricketer, one Test New Zealand vs. Pakistan 1965, 3 and 26 1938 Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65 1937 Duncan Sharpe, cricketer, 3 Tests for Pakistan 1959-60 1936 Khalid Wazir, cricketer, son of S Wazir Ali 2 Tests for Pakistan 1954 1935 Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla, cricketer, 166 on debut Pakistan vs. Australia 1964 1935 Sheikh Fazalur Rehman, cricketer, played 1 Test Pakistan vs. WI 1958 1935 Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan 1935 Wallis Mathias, cricketer, 1st non-Muslim to play for Pakistan 1934 Nicholas Barrington, high commissioner, Pakistan 1932 Gavin Stevens, cricket, Australian bat on 59-60 India/Pakistan tour 1930 Shuja-ud-Din, cricketer, batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan 1954-62 1929 Wazir Mohammad, cricketer, eldest of Pakistan's 4 Mohammed brothers 1929 Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer, Pakistan bat in Test vs. New Zealand 1956, scored 8* 1928 Imtiaz Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests 1952-62 1928 Zulfikar Ali Khan Bhutto, president/premier, Pakistan 1928 Khan Mohammad, cricketer, Pakistan fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests 1927 Raaj Kumar, born in Balochistan, Pakistan, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', starred in more than 70 Bollywood films, had an iconic, gravelly voice 1922 Jim McConnon, cricketer, England off-spinner against Pakistan 1954 1922 Abdul Rashid, born in Pakistan, field hockey player, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics 1922 Mujib ur-Rahman, Pakistan, sheik/premier 1921 Nazar Mohammad, cricketer, Mudassar's pop, Pakistan's 1st centurion 1920 Anwar Hussain, cricketer, four Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1952-53 1917 Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician 1907 Mohammed Ayub Khan, general/premier/president, Pakistan 1898 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80 1895 Liaquat Al Khan, attorney/premier of Pakistan, 1947-51 1876 Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Karachi, founded Pakistan, 1947, gov, 1947-58 1817 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder, Pakistan |
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