The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_July" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Black July">Black July</a> anti-Tamil riots begin in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sri Lankan Civil War">Sri Lankan Civil War</a>.