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Kuala Lumpur

federal territory and capital city of Malaysia

30 dated entries naming Kuala Lumpur, drawn from 23 separate years between 1857 CE and 2014 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 1857Kuala Lumpur, the future capital of Malaysia, is founded as a tin mining settlement.source

20th century

  • 195511 August – A Rhodesian soldier named Shaweleka Fungabelo killed six people and wounded at least twelve people on a mail train travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore before committing suicide.source
  • 195527 November – A rally is held in Kuala Lumpur to urge CPM members to surrender and end the Malayan Emergency.source
  • 195911 March – The Malayan Federation Royal Police Memorial Monument at Police Training Academy (now PULAPOL) Kuala Lumpur was officialized.source
  • 196031 July – The second Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor declared the state of emergency ended. A victory parade was held in Kuala Lumpur.source
  • 19637:30am – Proclamation of Malaysia ceremonies were held in Kuala Lumpur (Peninsular Malaysia), Kota Kinabalu (Sabah) Kuching (Sarawak) and Singapore.source
  • 1963May – A&W's first store in Asia Pacific and Malaysia opened at Kuala Lumpur's Batu Road.source
  • 1964July – Famous Malay film actor, director and songwriter, P. Ramlee and his wife Saloma were moved from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur.source
  • 196527 August – The National Mosque of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur was officially opened.source
  • 1969May 13 – May 13 Incident: Race riots occur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.source
  • 196913 May – Ethnic riots break out in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which later spill over to Singapore.source
  • 196913 May – Race riots in Kuala Lumpur and several parts of Klang Valley. 196 people were killed between 13 May and 31 July.source
  • 196918 May – The Refugee Centres for race riot victims were set up in Kuala Lumpur at Merdeka Stadium, TPCA Stadium, Chinwoo Stadium and Jalan Shaw School.source
  • 19715 January – Kuala Lumpur hit by flash floods. 22 people were killed.source
  • 1973February – KFC Malaysia opened its first restaurant at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur.source
  • 19732 August – Tun Dr Ismail the deputy prime minister died due to heart attack. He was buried in Makam Pahlawan, near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur. He was the first national leader to be buried here.source
  • 1974February 1 – Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, is declared a Federal Territory.source
  • 19768 April – The 20-storey Campbell Shopping Complex, Kuala Lumpur's very first high-rise shopping complex was completely destroyed in a fire. It was Malaysia's first towering inferno and the worst fire disaster involving a high-rise building to date.source
  • 19845 May – Dayabumi, the famous landmark in Kuala Lumpur was opened.source
  • 19858 July – The new Tabung Haji building at Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur was officially opened by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.source
  • 198622 March – The P. Ramlee Memorial at Jalan Dedap, Taman P. Ramlee, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur was opened to the public.source
  • 198712 April – The murder of Ang May Hong happened in Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiasource
  • 198915 April – Malacca Town became a historical city and also a sister city of Kuala Lumpur.source
  • 1991March – The 1991 Malaysian haze affected Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley.source
  • 1993December 11 – One of the three blocks of the Highland Towers near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia collapses, killing 48.source
  • 1994February – Proton Saga Iswara cars are used as taxicabs in Kuala Lumpur, replacing Isuzu taxicabs.source
  • 19947 February – The Planetarium Negara (National Planetarium) in Kuala Lumpur officially opened.source
  • 19963 August – A widespread power outage in Peninsular Malaysia began at 5:17pm. The states of Peninsular Malaysia including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya, Johor, Melaka, and Negeri Sembilan lost power for several hours. A transmission line near Sultan Ismail Power Station in Paka, Terengganu tripped at 5:17pm causing all power stations in Peninsular Malaysia to collapse resulting in a massive power failure. Supply was back to normal by 11:00pm. After this blackout, utility giant Tenaga Nasional's stock fell considerably.source

21st century

  • 20028 August – Judge Datuk James Foong of the Kuala Lumpur High Court, Wisma Denmark, Jalan Ampang, decides that seven out of the ten people being sued by 60 residents, relatives and families of the Highland Towers collapse tragedy were negligent.source
  • 2014March 8 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 airliner en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean.source

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