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 London finance house of Barings collapse after losses in Singapore by trader Nick Leeson
1994 John van Damme, businessman, hanged in Singapore at 59
1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore
1993 Singapore vice-premier Teng Cheong elected president
1990 Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew resigned, ends his reign longest-serving PM
1981 Benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies
1979 Commencement of 1st ICC Trophy (PNG vs. E Afr and Singapore vs. Arg)
1975 Daniel Kowalski, born in Singapore, Aust swimmer, Olympics-bronze/silver-96
1973 Naoko Sawamatsu, born in Nishinomiya, Japan, tennis star, 1994 Singapore
1972 Tricia Tan, Miss Singapore Universe 1997
1970 Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60
1970 Constitution of Singapore enacted
1967 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
1965 Singapore gains independence from Malaysia, National Day
1965 Singapore leaves Malaysian Federation
1964 Singapore limits imports from Netherlands due to Indonesian aggression
1964 Jack Kay, born in Jr., Montreal Que, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 Singapore Open
1963 Libby Wilson, Brisbane Qld, golfer, 1988 - Singapore Open
1963 Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, Br No Borneo and Sarawak
1959 Karin Mundinger, born in Toronto, Canada, LPGA golfer, 1985 Singapore Open-2nd
1959 Peter Senior, born in Singapore, Australasia golfer
1959 Singapore adopts constitution
1956 Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore government
1956 Singapore government of Marshall resigns
1942 Singapore surrenders to Japanese
1941 British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore
1941 Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore
1941 Goh Chok Sole, premier of Singapore, 1990-
1941 Japanese armored barges cross Strait of Johore to attack Singapore
1926 Lee Kuan Yew, PM, Singapore
1904 Jerry Colonna, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Road to Morocco, Road to Singapore
1867 Singapore, Penang and Malakka become British crown colonies
1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore
1819 Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore
1781 Stamford Raffles, founder, Singapore
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