1976 in Malaysia

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1976 in Malaysia
19 years of the nationhood

Incumbents

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.
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.
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.

Ketahanan Rakyat, meaning the People's Endurance

v t e 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

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