Events
- 15 January - Nine people were killed and five seriously injured when an express bus and a trailer lorry collided head-on at the 24th kilometre of the Sarikei-Sibu road (Pan Borneo Highway) during heavy rain.
- April - Malaysia Airlines became the first airline in the world to pilot a twin-engine commercial jet through the newly opened polar routes, passing through the inhospitable regions of Russia and North Alaska.
- 12 April - Twelve women and a boy were killed when a bus skidded and crashed into a ditch off the Pengkalan Hulu-Baling road near Baling, Kedah.
- 16 April - KL Sentral the biggest transportation station in Kuala Lumpur as well in Malaysia is opened replacing the old Kuala Lumpur Railway Station.
- 17 April - Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin is installed as Raja of Perlis.
- 29 June - Dewan Tunku Canselor at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur was destroyed on fire.
- 12 August - A 'fireball' UFO was spotted somewhere at the Second Link that joins Malaysia and Singapore.
- 5 September - MyKad, the Malaysian Government Multipurpose Card (GMPC) is launched.
- 11 September - The September 11 attacks in New York, USA. More than 2,602 people were killed including 3 Malaysians.
- 21 November - The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor dies. A well-loved, down-to-earth monarch, His body was brought back to Selangor and laid to rest at royal mausoleum near Sultan Sulaiman Mosque, Klang. On that day, the Raja Muda of Selangor Tengku Idris Shah become as the 9th Sultan of Selangor with the title Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.
- 27 November - Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin of Perlis become as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
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