1977 in Malaysia

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Decades:

1960s
1970s
1980s
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Incumbents

Federal level

Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Yahya Petra
Raja Permaisuri Agong: Raja Perempuan Zainab
Prime Minister: Tun Hussein Onn
Deputy Prime Minister: Dato' Dr Mahathir Mohammad

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 (until February)
- Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin (from February)
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah:
- Tun Mohd Hamdan Abdullah (Until November)
- Tun Datuk Ahmad Koroh (From November)

Events

24 January — Former Selangor Menteri Besar, Datuk Harun Idris is found guilty and is sentenced by the High Court to six months jail for forgery and fined RM 15,000 or six months jail for abetting criminal breach of trust involving nearly RM 6.5 million worth of Bank Rakyat's stocks and shares
24 April — Five children are killed in a saloon racing car accident at the Batu Tiga Circuit during the Malaysian Grand Prix.
11 May — The Tugu Negara (National Monument) is finally repaired and restored to its original state.
June — The construction of the North-South Expressway project begins.
27 September — Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes at Subang, Selangor, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
8 November — A State of emergency is declared in the state of Kelantan following a political impasse and street violence.
4 December — Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjung Kupang, Johor, killing all 100 on board.

National Day

Main theme

Bersatu Maju

Sports

19 December - 26 December - 1977 Southeast Asian Games

Births

Noorkhiriah — Actress and comedians
Wong Choong Hann — Malaysian badminton player

Deaths

Tan Sri Syed Jaabar Albar — UMNO General Secretary and Minister of Rural Development
Tun Mohd Hamdan Abdullah — Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1977)
Sultanah Aminah Ungku Ahmad— Sultanah of Johor, consort of Sultan Ismail.
4 December – Malaysian Airline System (MAS) Flight 356 crash. Two of the 73 Malaysian victims who were perished in the Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 crash in Tanjung Kupang, Johor including:-
- Dato' Mohd Ali Haji Ahmad – Minister of Agriculture
- Tan Sri Mahfuz Khalid – Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) director-general

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

1977 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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