March - The Constitutional Amendment Bill to strip the Malay Rulers of their legal immunity from prosecution and other privileges received the royal assent.
July - Dato' Mazlan Idris, an Batu Talam DUN assemblyman for Pahang state was murdered by Maznah Ismail aka Mona Fandey, Mohd Affendi Abdul Rahman and Juraimi Hussin.
31 August - The Negaraku national anthem is given a new quickmarch version
Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya when it was a British protectorate before independence.
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