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1980 in Sri Lanka
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The following lists notable events that occurred during
1980
in
Sri Lanka
.
Contents
Incumbents
Events
Births
Deaths
References
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.
[
1
]
Births
Mayantha Dissanayake
11 January
–
Mayantha Dissanayake
, politician.
13 January
–
Niru
, musician.
19 January
–
Michael Vandort
, cricketer.
1 February
–
Janaka Thisakutti Arachchi
, politician.
27 February
–
Harshana Rajakaruna
, politician.
25 March
–
Kasun Jayasuriya
, footballer.
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).
[
2
]
[
3
]
May
–
Edward Buultjens
, cricketer (b. 1913).
28 August
–
A. P. Jayasuriya
, politician (b. 1897)
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
Oliver Weerasinghe
, architect and diplomat.
References
↑
"Sunday Times"
.
www.sundaytimes.lk
. Retrieved
5 August
2015
.
↑
"Appapillai Amirthalingam V. Piyasekera, M. A. Commissioner of Elections and Others"
. LawNet. Archived from
the original
on 2013-08-11
. Retrieved
2016-06-18
.
↑
Sri Kantha, Sachi
(6 April 2009).
"Kasi Ananthan at 70"
. Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
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