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Decades:

1960s
1970s
1980s

Incumbents

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
- Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis (until 20 September)
- Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu (from 21 September)
Raja Permaisuri Agong:
- Tuanku Budriah of Perlis (until 20 September)
- Tengku Ampuan Intan Zaharah of Terengganu (from 21 September)
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 (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra
Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (Regent until 21 September)
Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Sultan of Terengganu: Tengku Mahmud (Regent)
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 Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Abang Haji Openg
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:
- Tun Datu Mustapha (until March)
- Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae (until March)
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Singapore: Yusuf Ishak (until 9 August)

Events

January – The International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL) is established.
22 June – The Central Electricity Board (CEB) was renamed to the Lembaga Letrik Negara (National Electricity Board) (LLN).
August – Opening of the Jalan Kinabalu Flyover. It was the first flyover in Malaysia since independence
7 August – Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaysia, recommends the expulsion of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia, negotiating its separation with Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of the State of Singapore.
9 August – Singapore is expelled from the Federation of Malaysia.
27 August – The Masjid Negara in Kuala Lumpur, a symbol of Islam as the official religion of Malaysia is officially opened.
30 August – The Subang Airport near Subang, Selangor is officially opened.
21 September – Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu is elected as the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Sports

14 September - 21 September - 1965 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Births

Dato' Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo — Menteri Besar of Selangor (2000–2008)
Hani Mohsin — Celebrities and the host of the TV gameshow of Wheel of Fortune's Malaysia version Roda Impian

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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