* 1932 – Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician ( d. 2005 )

* 1971 – Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 2010 – The MV Sun Sea docks in CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamils.

* 2006 – Chencholai bombing in which 61 Tamil girls are killed in Sri Lankan Airforce bombing.

* 1971 – Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 1951 – Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 1952 – Mahes Goonatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 1977 – The 1977 riots in Sri Lanka, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power.

* 1956 – Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 1987 – Sabrina Herft, Sri Lankan model, Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2012

* 1952 – Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 2000 – Second Battle of Elephant Pass: Tamil Tigers capture a strategic Sri Lankan Army base and hold it for 8 years.

* 1983 – Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 1993 – Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately 4 weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.

* 1915 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician and the world's first female head of government ( d. 2000 )

* 1972 – Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer

Sri Lankan astrology is largely based on Hindu astrology with some modifications to bring it in line with Buddhist teachings.

* 1962 – Uvais Karnain, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 1985 – Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan Model and Bollywood Actress

* 1979 – Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer

Composer Dinesh Subasinghe became the first Sri Lankan to write a cappella pieces for SATB choirs.

* 2006 – A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger ( known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF ).

* 1987 – The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo, killing 106 people.

An assessment of water management in agriculture was conducted in 2007 by the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka to see if the world had sufficient water to provide food for its growing population.

While the Board distanced itself from the pyramid, KF continued to promote it, and food pyramids were developed in other Scandinavian countries, as well as West Germany, Japan and Sri Lanka.

India became more actively involved in the late 1980s, and on 5 June 1987, the Indian Air Force airdropped food parcels to Jaffna while it was under siege by Sri Lankan forces.

At a time when the Sri Lankan government stated they were close to defeating the LTTE, India dropped 25 tons of food and medicine by parachute into areas held by the LTTE in a direct move of support toward the rebels.

Hopper ( food ) | Hoppers from Sri Lanka

Another development followed, this time bringing some of the infrastructure that Sri Hartamas initially lacked: restaurants, shops, bars and as well as an outdoor Malaysian style food bazaar.

* Hopper ( food ) or Appam or Aappam hoppers, a type of food in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Sri Lankan cuisine

Although they are commonly prepared at home, vadas are as well a typical street food in the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka.

Sri Aurobindo ( 1872 – 1950 ) said " man is a transitional being ", developed a system of yoga called Integral yoga to transform selected humans into a new super race called the Supermen that would have a fully and permanently awakened kundalini and thus become siddhas with various siddhis ( paranormal powers ) such as the ability to observe chakras and auras with the third eye, to travel by astral travel at will, to be able to subsist adequately with full bodily functions on small amounts of vegetarian food, to go long periods without sleep, to communicate by telepathy, and to levitate.

* January 8-Disaster Assistance Response Team arrives in Sri Lanka to provide fresh water, tents, food and medical assistance to victims of the tsunami disaster.

Sri Lanka's International Water Management Institute ( IWMI ) published a report which suggests that there is great potential for wastewater agriculture to produce more food for consumers in urban areas, as long as there is sufficient education about the dangers of eating such food uncooked.

Sri Gnana Prasunambika Devi Nithya Annadana scheme was set up to provide free food to the devotees visited the sacred temple of Srikalahasthi, no fewer than 200 devotees are fed daily under this scheme.

People in Sri Lanka use a clay pot to make a special food called pahi (“ little jackfruit ”) fish curry, called abul thiyal and some meat and specially rice and some chutney called accharu.

Although Sri Lankan food appears similar to South Indian cuisine in its use of chilli, cardamom, cumin, coriander and other spices, it has a distinctive taste, and uses ingredients like dried Maldive fish which are local to the area.

While native Sri Lankans are born into this cuisine and develop a healthy tolerance to spicy food, many visitors and tourists to the country often find the spiciness excessive.

Another food native to Sri Lanka, served mainly for breakfast or dinner and often accompanied by lunu miris, a mix of red onions and spices.

Fast food such as hot dogs and hamburgers has arrived in Sri Lanka, with the Globalization of McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut Fast-Food Chains, but these are not usually considered to be short eats.

* Sri Lanka food recipes and culture

While working in Sri Lanka, Digby was involved in a temperance campaign and another one for abolishing food taxes.

Influences from other areas such as Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippines, and the Middle East exist in local food culture as well.

* Putu mayam, a dish Sri Lankan in origin, similar to Sri Lankan hoppers with thin vermicelli-like cakes that are eaten with coconut sugar, a typical breakfast food