1973 in Malaysia
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1973 in Malaysia
16 years of the nationhood
Incumbents
Federal level
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
- Raja Permaisuri Agong: Sultanah Bahiyah
- Prime Minister: Tun Abdul Razak
- Deputy Prime Minister:
- Tun Dr Ismail (until 2 August)
- Dato' Hussein Onn (from 3 August)
State level
- Sultan of Johor: Sultan Ismail
- Sultan of Kedah: Tengku Abdul Malik (Regent)
- Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Yahya Petra (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
- Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
- Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Shah II
- Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Abu Bakar
- 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 Syed Sheikh Barabakh
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Haji Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:
- Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae (until March)
- Tun Fuad Stephens (from March)
Events
- February — KFC Malaysia open its first restaurant at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur.
- 21 May — Opening of the Rantau Panjang – Sungai Golok Bridge of Malaysia-Thailand border in Kelantan.
- 29 May — P. Ramlee the Malaysian singer and actor dies.
- 2 August — Tun Dr Ismail the deputy prime minister dies. He was buried in Makam Pahlawan, near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur. He was the first national leader to be laid to rest here.
- 3 August — Dato' Hussein Onn is elected as the deputy prime minister.
- 18 October — 42 people, mostly Indians, were crushed to death when a 200feet-long limestone slab fell off a cliff collapsed and crashed onto a village at Gunung Cheroh, Ipoh, Perak.
National Day
Theme
Masyarakat Berkebudayaan Malaysia
Sports
Births
- Tuanku Zara Salim Davidson — Raja Puan Muda Perak
- Roslin Hashim — Malaysian badminton player
- Z-Chen — Malaysian Chinese singers
- Sultanah Nur Zahirah of Terengganu and 13th Raja Permaisuri Agong
- Angie Cheung — Malaysian actress and former Miss Chinese Malaysia
Deaths
- Tun Mohd Salleh Ismail — Inspector General of Police
- AR Tompel — Malay comedy actors
- Tengku Ampuan Jemaah of Selangor — Second Raja Permaisuri Agong
- Zaaba — Malay writers
- Tan Sri P. Ramlee — Malaysian actor, singer, director, musician
See also
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