1965 in Singapore
See also: 1964 in Singapore | 1966 in Singapore | List of years in Singapore
Incumbents
- President: Yusof Ishak (starting 9 August)
- Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew (starting 9 August)
Events
- 10 March – Indonesian saboteurs carry out the MacDonald House bombing, killing 3 people.[1]
- May – Lee Kuan Yew begins campaigning for a Malaysian Malaysia.[2]
- 9 August – The Malaysian Parliament votes to expel Singapore from the Federation; Singapore becomes independent after separating from Malaysia.[3]
- 21 September – Singapore is admitted into the United Nations as the 117th member.[4]
- October – Singapore becomes the 22nd member of the Commonwealth.[4]
- 22 December – Constitutional Amendment Act is passed and Yusof bin Ishak becomes the first President of Singapore.[5]
References
- ↑ Jackie Sam; Philip Khoo; Cheong Yip Seng; Abul Fazil; Roderick Pestana; Gabriel Lee (11 March 1965). "Terror Bomb kills 2 Girls at Bank" (reprint). The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ↑ Ye, Lin-Sheng (2003). The Chinese Dilemma, p. 43. East West Publishing. ISBN 0-9751646-1-9.
- ↑ "Road to Independence". AsiaOne. Retrieved 2006-06-28.
- 1 2 "Former DPM Rajaratnam dies at age 90". Channel NewsAsia. 22 February 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ↑ "Singapore Infomap – Independence". Ministry of Information,Communications and the Arts. Archived from the original on 13 July 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-17.
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