1996 in Malaysia
39 years of the nationhood
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Events
Image of MEASAT-1, Malaysia's first satellite orbiting over Malaysia
- 12 January - The first Malaysian satellite MEASAT 1 is launched by Ariane rocket from Kourou, French Guiana
- February - First Le Tour de Langkawi cycling tour.
- 12 February - The Multimedia Super Corridor is established.
- 2 March - The body remains of the Malay Sarawakian nationalist Rosli Dhobie was brought back from Kuching Central Prison to Sibu.
- 6 March - Perodua Rusa, Malaysian first domestically manufactured van is launched.
- March - The Sungai Buloh Prison in Sungai Buloh, Selangor becomes the federal prison, replacing Pudu Prison in Kuala Lumpur.
- May - A landslide blocks the North-South Expressway (NSE) near Gua Tempurung, Perak.
- May - Malaysia's first domestically-produced motorcycle, Modenas Kriss is launched.
- June - Astro, the first satellite television provider in Malaysia is launched.
- June - Malaysia Electric Corporation, Malaysia's first electrical appliances manufacturer is launched.
- July - Michael Jackson held his concert in Malaysia for the first time at Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur.
- 2 July - A new version of Malaysian Ringgit RM 2 notes is introduced.
- 16 July - A bus, ferrying a group of factory workers and their families on a holiday excursion, plunged into a 120m-deep ravine at km 1 of the Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway near the Genting Highlands Resort, killing 17 of them. Six were children.
- 2 August - The 1996 Peninsular Malaysia electricity blackout crisis.
- 29 August - A mudflow near Pos Dipang Orang Asli settlement in Kampar, Perak kills 44 people.
- 1 October - The Kuala Lumpur Tower at Bukit Nanas is officially opened.
- 29 November - Official opening of the new Pusat Sains Negara (Pusat Sains Negara) building in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur.
- 16 December - The STAR Light Rail Transit (LRT) (Light Rail Transit) began operations in Kuala Lumpur. It was the first LRT system in the city.
- 18 December - The Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Terengganu, Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin marries Nur Zahirah.
- 26 December - Several parts of Sabah were hit by the Greg tropical storms.
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