1976 in Malaysia
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1976 in Malaysia
19 years of the nationhood
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Federal level
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Yahya Petra
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Raja Perempuan Zainab
- Prime Minister:
- Tun Abdul Razak (until 14 January)
- Tun Hussein Onn (from 15 January)
- Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Dr Mahathir Mohammad (from 5 March)
[edit] State level
- Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
- Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
- Sultan of Kelantan: Tengku Ismail Petra
- Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
- Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
- Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
- Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
- Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang:
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca:
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak:
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:
[edit] Events
- 14 January - Tun Abdul Razak, second Malaysian prime minister died in London. His body was brought back to Malaysia and laid to rest at Makam Pahlawan near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
- 15 January - Tun Hussein Onn replaces Tun Abdul Razak as a prime minister.
- 5 March - Dr Mahathir was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.
- 8 April - The 20 storey Campbell Shopping Complex, Kuala Lumpur's very first highrise shopping complex was completely destroyed in a fire. It was Malaysia's first towering inferno and the worst fire disaster involving a highrise building to date.
- 6 June - Former Sabah chief ministers and state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor), Tun Fuad Stephens was killed in a plane crash near Kota Kinabalu. His body was laid to rest at State Mausoleum near Sabah State Mosque, Kota Kinabalu.
- 14 December - The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) was incoporated.
[edit] National Day
[edit] Main theme
Ketahanan Rakyat, meaning the People's Endurance
[edit] Sports
[edit] Births
- Khairy Jamaluddin - Malaysians politicians
- Ah Niu - Malaysian Chinese singers
- Choong Tan Fook - Malaysians badminton player (doubles)
- Chew Choon Eng - Malaysians badminton player (doubles)
- Alex Yoong - Malaysian F1 and A1GP driver
- Quzier Ambak - Malaysian equestrian
- Kevin Lim - Malaysian sailing
[edit] Deaths
[edit] See also
Years in Malaysia | |
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| Years in Malaya | Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya when it was a British protectorate before independence. 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 1961 • 1962 |
| Years in Malaysia | 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 |
