• January – The
International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL) was established. • 17 May – Centenary of the
International Telecommunication Union was celebrated. • 29 May – A man named Pusok Anak Ngaik killed 14 people and wounded four others in Bukit Merah, a village near
Sandakan,
Sabah. • 22 June – The Central Electricity Board (CEB) was renamed the
Lembaga Letrik Negara (National Electricity Board) (LLN). • August – Opening of the
Jalan Kinabalu Flyover. It was the first flyover built in Malaysia after independence. • 7 August –
Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaysia, recommended the expulsion of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia, negotiating its separation with
Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of the State of Singapore. The latter signed the agreement to secede. •
9 August –
Singapore was expelled from the Federation of Malaysia. • 27 August – The
National Mosque of Malaysia in
Kuala Lumpur was officially opened. • 30 August – The
Subang Airport near
Subang,
Selangor was officially opened. • 9 September – Malaysian national birds were recognized in a Malaysian stamp series. • 21 September –
Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of
Terengganu was elected as the fourth
Yang di-Pertuan Agong • 14–21 December – The
1965 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games were held. ==Births==