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Decades:

1960s
1970s
1980s

Incumbents

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis
Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Budriah of Perlis
Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Abdul Razak

State level

Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra
Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (Regent)
Sultan of Perak:
- Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah (until 4 January)
- Sultan Idris Shah II (from 5 January)
Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Munawir
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Raja Tun Uda
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca:
- Tun Leong Yew Koh (until August)
- Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf (from August)
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Haji Openg
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Datu Mustapha
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Singapore: Yusuf Ishak

(Source: Malaysian Department of Informations)

Events

May – A&W's first store in Asia Pacific and Malaysia opened at Kuala Lumpur's Batu Road.
June – Shah Alam is established as a planned city.
27 July – The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation began. The war breaks out.
31 August – The Muzium Negara (National Museum) officially opened.
16 September – Federation of Malaysia formed through the merging of the Federation of Malaya and the British crown colony of Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak.
- 7:30 am – The Proclamation of Malaysia are held in Kuala Lumpur (Peninsula Malaysia), Singapore, Kuching (Sarawak) and Kota Kinabalu (Sabah).
14 November – The National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara) was officially opened.
21 November – The Malaysian Houses of Parliament officially opened.
28 December – The launch of Television Malaysia by Tunku Abdul Rahman.

Births

July 7 – Jamal Jamaluddin - Sinar FM radio announcer

Deaths

Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah of Perak
Charles Vyner Brooke - Last White Rajah of Sarawak

Years in Malaysia

Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya.

Years in Malaya	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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

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