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1980 in Sri Lanka

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Decades:
  
1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

See also:
  
Other events of 1980 Timeline of Sri Lankan history

The following lists notable events that occurred during 1980 in Sri Lanka.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President – J. R. Jayewardene
  • Prime Minister – Ranasinghe Premadasa
  • Chief Justice – Neville Samarakoon

    • Events

  • Sri Lanka competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. From 1948 to 1972, the nation was known as Ceylon at the Olympic Games.

    • Births

  • 11 January – Mayantha Dissanayake, politician.
  • 13 January – Niru, musician.
  • 19 January – Michael Vandort, cricketer.
  • 1 February – Janaka Thissakuttiarachchi, politician.
  • 27 February – Harshana Rajakaruna, politician.
  • 25 March – Kasun Jayasuriya, footballer.
  • 6 April – Sameera Ekanayake, gymnast.
  • 17 April – Prasad Jayawardene, cricketer.
  • 30 May – Gihan Premachandra, cricketer.
  • 3 July – Dilhara Lokuhettige, cricketer.
  • 11 July – Indika Ruwanpura, cricketer.
  • 22 August – Charitha Buddhika, cricketer.
  • 4 October – Praba Udawatte, cricketer.
  • 5 October – Malintha Gajanayake, cricketer.
  • 24 October – Umayangana Wickramasinghe, actress.
  • 25 October – Prabath Nissanka, cricketer.
  • 31 October – Tharanath Basnayaka, politician.
  • 8 November – Mohamed Ramees, footballer.
  • 11 December – Nuwan Ekanayake, cricketer.
  • 16 December – Waruna Shantha, cricketer.
  • Unknown date
  • Ida Carmelitta, gang rape and murder victim.
  • Mohanarajah Gajamohan, scientist.
  • Suresh Sriskandarajah, militant.

    • Deaths

  • 1 March – R. A. Chandrasena, musician (b. 1924).
  • 12 April – Stanley de Silva, cricketer (b. 1956).
  • 20 April – M. Canagaratnam, politician (b. 1924).
  • May – Edward Buultjens, cricketer (b. 1913).
  • 1 September – Xavier Thaninayagam, academic (b. 1913).
  • 2 October – John Kotelawala, politician (b. 1895).
  • 4 December – Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, diplomat and civil servant (b. 1913).
  • Unknown date
  • A. P. Jayasuriya, politician.
  • Oliver Weerasinghe, architect and diplomat.

    • References

    1980 in Sri Lanka Wikipedia
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