Events
- 5 January - Kuala Lumpur hit by flash floods. 22 people were killed.
- 5 February - The Parliament government is restored after it was suspended during the Incident of 13 May 1969.
- 20 February - Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah of Kedah is installed as the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
- 3 April - The Malaysia Airlines Systems (MAS) was founded.
- 11 July - The Malaysian New Economic Policy is launched.
- 9 September - The Star, a Malaysian newspaper, was founded.
- December - The flash floods hit Temerloh, Pahang.
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