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Decades:

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Incumbents

Federal level

State level

Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar
Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra
Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Putra
Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah
Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah
Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tengku Naquiddin (Regent)
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang: Tun Dr Hamdan Sheikh Tahir
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Malacca: Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak: Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Mohammed Noor
Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sabah: Tun Sakaran Dandai

Events

6 January – A landslide blocks the North-South Expressway (NSE) near Gua Tempurung, Perak.
12 January – The first Malaysian satellite MEASAT 1 is launched by Ariane rocket from Kourou, French Guiana
17 February – Twenty-four people, seven of them policemen, were injured in rioting at the Sungai Besi camp for Vietnamese illegal immigrants.
February – First Le Tour de Langkawi cycling tour.
12 February – The Multimedia Super Corridor is established.
2 March – The body remains of the Malay Sarawakian nationalist Rosli Dhobie was brought back from Kuching Central Prison to Sibu.
6 March – Perodua Rusa, Malaysian first domestically manufactured van is launched.
1 April – Radio Televisyen Malaysia, celebrated its 50 years anniversary
14 April – The Sungai Besi camp for Vietnamese illegal immigrants is officially closed.
May – Malaysia's first domestically-produced motorcycle, Modenas Kriss is launched.
May – The construction of the Bakun Dam projects has begun.
1 June – Astro, Malaysian's first satellite television provider was launched grand opened inaugurated officially by Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad and broadcasts from Kuala Lumpur. This broadcast area was only limited to Klang Valley area.
June – Malaysia Electric Corporation, Malaysia's first electrical appliances manufacturer is launched.
2 July – A new version of Malaysian Ringgit RM 2 notes is introduced.
16 July – A bus, ferrying a group of factory workers and their families on a holiday excursion, plunged into a 120m-deep ravine at km 1 of the Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway near the Genting Highlands Resort, killing 17 of them. Six were children.
2 August – The 1996 Peninsular Malaysia electricity blackout crisis.
29 August – A mud avalanche near Pos Dipang Orang Asli settlement in Kampar, Perak kills 44 people.
8 September – Official opening of the Light Rail Transit System (Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan) (STAR LRT) Phase 1 from Sultan Ismail to Ampang.
1 October – The Kuala Lumpur Tower at Bukit Nanas is officially opened by Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad.
8 October – The Malay political party, Semangat 46 is officially dissolved.
27 October – Michael Jackson held his concert in Malaysia for the first time at Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur.
2 November – The Sungai Buloh Prison in Sungai Buloh, Selangor becomes the federal prison, replacing Pudu Prison in Kuala Lumpur.
29 November – Official opening of the new Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre) building in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur.
18 December – The Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Terengganu, Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin marries Nur Zahirah.
26 December – Several parts of Sabah were hit by the Greg tropical storms. More than 250 people were killed.

National Day

Main theme

Budaya Penantu Kecapaian

National Day Parade

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Births

14 June - Muhammad Ariff Farhan Mohd Isa, footballer
2 October - Ahmad Syihan Hazmi Mohamed, football player
26 November - Muhd Monir, footballer

Deaths

Sher Mohamed Allah Baksh — Assistant Commissioner of Police (1939–1969)
Tan Sri Hamid Bidin — Malaysian Armed Forces general (1969–1970)
PP Narayanan — former Malaysian Workers Union president
Ibu Enjah - first "Ibu Mithali" awards
S. Roomai Noor — Malaysian actors
Tan Sri Dato' Senu B. Abdul Rahman — former USM Vice Chancellor and Malaysian ambassador to United Nations
Wong Peng Soon - Former Malaysian badminton player

References

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

1996 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Cyprus Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia 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 Republic Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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