Sri Lanka on May 24

This is 24th of May. It is day 144 of the year. As of today, there are 221 days left until the end of the year. If you are curious about the most important and notable historical footprint of Sri Lanka, let us delve into more On This Day events to uncover fascinating tidbits from the nation's history that covers for 365 days.

Today’s Highlight

• 1762 – King Kirti Sri Rajasinghe of Kandy welcomed John Pybus, the representative of the British East India Company, for negotiations.
• 1988 – The Fourteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
• 2000 – A grenade attack targeted the Norwegian embassy in Sri Lanka.
• 2000 – A Sri Lanka Air Force Mi-24 helicopter was shot down, resulting in the deaths of two crew members.
• 2007 – The Sea Tigers, the naval wing of the LTTE, launched a pre-dawn attack on Delft, targeting the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN).