Events
- 4 January - Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis is installed as the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
- 20 February - Tunku Abdul Rahman plans to form a new federation called Malaysia by the merger of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah, Brunei, and Sarawak.
- 9 March - International Quran Reading Competition is held for the first time.
- 1 May - A landslide occurred in Ringlet, Cameron Highlands, Pahang.
- 28 June - Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah is crowned as the 8th Sultan of Selangor.
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“The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion.”
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