1996 in Malaysia
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1996 in Malaysia
39 years of the nationhood
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Kuala Lumpur Tower.
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Federal level
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Jaafar
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Najihah
- Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir Mohammad
- Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Sri Anwar Ibrahim
[edit] State level
- Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar
- Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
- Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra
- Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
- Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah
- Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
- Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
- Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
- Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tengku Naquiddin (Regent)
- 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
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Image of MEASAT-1, Malaysia's first satellite orbiting over Malaysia
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Astro first logo
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A Star LRT train at the Masjid Jamek LRT station.
- 12 January - The first Malaysian satellite MEASAT 1 is launched by Ariane rocket from Kourou, French Guiana
- February - First Le Tour de Langkawi cycling tour.
- 12 February - The Multimedia Super Corridor is established.
- 2 March - The body remains of the Malay Sarawakian nationalist Rosli Dhobie was brought back from Kuching Central Prison to Sibu.
- 6 March - Perodua Rusa, Malaysian first domestically manufactured van is launched.
- March - The Sungai Buloh Prison in Sungai Buloh, Selangor becomes the federal prison, replacing Pudu Prison in Kuala Lumpur.
- May - A landslide blocks the North-South Expressway (NSE) near Gua Tempurung, Perak.
- May - Malaysia's first domestically-produced motorcycle, Modenas Kriss is launched.
- June - Astro, the first satellite television provider in Malaysia is launched.
- June - Malaysia Electric Corporation, Malaysia's first electrical appliances manufacturer is launched.
- 2 July - A new version of Malaysian Ringgit RM 2 notes is introduced.
- July - The 's STAR Light Rail Transit (LRT) (Light Rail Transit) began operations in Kuala Lumpur. It was the first LRT system in the city.
- 16 July - A bus, ferrying a group of factory workers and their families on a holiday excursion, plunged into a 120m-deep ravine at km 1 of the Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway near the Genting Highlands Resort, killing 17 of them. Six were children.
- 2 August - The 1996 Peninsular Malaysia electricity blackout crisis.
- 29 August - A mudflow near Pos Dipang Orang Asli settlement in Kampar, Perak kills 44 people.
- 1 October - The Kuala Lumpur Tower at Bukit Nanas is officially opened.
- 18 December - The Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Terengganu, Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin marries Nur Zahirah.
- 26 December - Several parts of Sabah were hit by Greg tropical storms.
[edit] National Day
[edit] Main theme
Budaya Penentu Kecapaian
[edit] National Day Parade
[edit] Sports
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Tan Sri Hamid Bidin — Malaysian Armed Forces general (1969-1970)
- PP Narayanan — former Malaysian Workers Union president
- Tun Datu Mustapha — former Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) and chief ministers
- Ibu Enjah - first "Ibu Mithali" awards
- Tan Sri Dato' Senu B. Abdul Rahman — former USM Vice Chancellor and Malaysian ambassador to United Nations
- Wong Peng Soon - Former Malaysian badminton player
[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 |

