1976 in Malaysia

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1976 in Malaysia
19 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

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)

State level

• Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
• Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
• Sultan of Kelantan: Tengku Ismail Petra (Regent)
• 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: Tun Sardon Jubir
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Zahiruddin bin Syed Hassan
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Mohd Hamdan Abdullah

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.
• 21 February – Subang Jaya, a new township in Petaling Jaya, Selangor developed by Sime Darby is established.
• 28 February – Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan is installed as the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
• 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.
• 27 April – A Royal Malaysian Air Force RMAF's Sikorsky S-61 Nuri helicopter was shot down by a communist terrorist in Gubir, Kedah killing eleven Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) military personnel. This was the first killed in action (KIA) in the RMAF history.
• 6 June – Sabah chief ministers and former state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor), Tun Fuad Stephens was killed in a plane crash near Kota Kinabalu. His body was interred at State Mausoleum near Sabah State Mosque, Kota Kinabalu.
• 14 December – The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) was incorporated.

National Day

Main theme

Ketahanan Rakyat, meaning the People's Endurance

Births

• 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
• Yip Poi Fen – A wife, a mother and a daughter

Deaths

• 14 January – Tun Abdul Razak - Second Malaysian Prime Minister
• 6 June – Tun Fuad Stephens - Sabah chief ministers and former state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor)

See also

• 1976
• 1975 in Malaysia | 1977 in Malaysia
• History of Malaysia