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2009 Eight people are killed, several injured, after gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketeers in Lahore, Pakistan
2008 Arthur C. Clarke, dies in Sri Lanka, at 90 1997 Vijayananda Dahanayake, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1959 - 1960, dies 1996 Junius Richard Jayawardene, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1977 - 1978, 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 Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die 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 (Australia 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 Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die 1995 Sunil Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide 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 Gamini Dissanayake, Sri Lankain presidential candidate, murdered 1994 Chandrika Kumaratungo's party wins Sri Lanka elections 1994 Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, dies at 99 1993 Bomb attack on Sri Lankan president (26 die) 1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa, President (Sri Lanka, 1989-93), assassinated at 68 1993 Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59 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 New Zealand 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. New Zealand ) 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 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 1983 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy) 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 hours, 28 minutes, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 Ravindra Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan cricketer, Test pace bowler 1975 Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, vs. WI Cricket World Cup 1975 Chaminda Vaas, brilliant Sri Lankan cricket pace bowler, 1994- 1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims 1973 Jayantha Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test left-arm spinner 1995 1972 Mavan Atapattu, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test batsman 1972 Dulip Liyanage, cricketer, Sri Lanka righty fast-medium Test bowler 1972 Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified 1972 Muttiah Muralitharan, cricketer, leading Sri Lankan Test off-spinner 1972 Dulip Samaraweera, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test opening batsman 1993- 1971 Manjula Munasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan ODI pace bowler 1971 Pramodaya Wickremasinhghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler 1971 Piyal Wijetunge, cricketer, Sri Lanka slow left-armer 1993 1971 Kumara Dharmasena, cricketer, Sri Lankan off-spinner 1970 Chamara Dunusinghe, cricket wicketkeeper, Sri Lanka 1995 1970 Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper 1993 1970 Ruwan Kalpage, cricket off-spinner, Sri Lankan 1969 Sanath Jayasuriya, cricketer, Sri Lankan open bat MVP-1996 World Cup 1969 Sanjeeva Ranatunga, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test batsman 1994- 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 Roshan Mahanama, cricketer, Sri Lankan opening batsman 1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India 1966 Don Anurasiri, cricketer, Sri Lankan slow left-armer 1966 Nishantha Ranatunga, cricket, bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan ODI allrounder 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) 1965 Champaka Ramanayake, cricketer, Sri Lankan opening bowler 1964 Kapila Wijegunewardene, cricketer, Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler 1964 Kosala Kuruppuarachchi, cricketer, bowls 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 86-87 1964 Graeme Labrooy, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler in 9 Tests 1986-91 1964 Rumesh Ratnayake, cricketer, Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92 1963 Ashley De Silva, Sri Lankan Cricket wicketkeeper 1993 1963 Arjuna Ranatunga, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test batsman since 1982 1962 Charith Senanayake, cricketer, played for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1991 1962 Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, v Sri Lanka 1985-86 1962 Dhammika Ranatunga, cricketer, bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan batsman 1990 1962 Uvais Karnain, cricketer, Sri Lankan ODI bowler in mid 1980's 1962 Brendon Kuruppu, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman, 201* debut vs. New Zealand 1987 1961 Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer, four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88 1961 Athula Samarasekera, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman 1961 Ranjit Madurasinghe, cricketer, 3 Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92 1960 Amal Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan wicket-keeper in 9 Tests 1983-88 1960 Jayananda Warnaweera, cricketer, Sri Lankan fastish off-spin bowler 1960 In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM 1960 Vinodhan John, cricket pace bowler, Sri Lankan in 6 Tests 1983-84 1960 Ravi Ratnayeke, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler and opening batsman 1960 Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer, bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka 1959 Asantha De Mel, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler 1959 Ranjan Madugalle, cricketer, pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams 1959 Guy De Alwis, cricket wicket-keeper, Sri Lankan mid 80s 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 Anura Ranasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman in 3 Tests 1982 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 Australia bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995- 1954 Jayantha Amerasinghe, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1983 1953 Bandula Warnapura, cricketer, 1st Sri Lanka Test captain 1952 Ajit De Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan lefty spinner in four Tests 1982 1952 Flavian Aponso, cricketer, rebel Sri Lankan 1982, Netherlands World Cup 1996 1952 Roy Dias, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test batsman 1952 Duleep Mendis, cricketer, big-hitting Sri Lankan batsman of 80's 1952 Mahes Goonatillake, cricketer, Sri Lankan keeper in their 1st 5 Tests 1951 Sridharan Jeganathan, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1983 1950 Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher 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 1946 Anura Tennekoon, cricketer, Sri Lankan World Cup captain 1975-79 1945 David Heyn, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman 1975 World Cup 1944 Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricket wicketkeeper, 1975 World Cup 1942 Somachandra De Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan leg-spinner 1982-84 1941 Cyril Cooray, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test umpire on International panel 1931 Sri Chinmoy, Indian Philosopher 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 1901 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 1879 Sri Ramana Maharshi, Hindu philosopher/yogi, Maharshi Research Inst 1872 Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher |
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