Events
- 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.
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