1965 in Singapore
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[edit] 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]
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[edit] References
- ^ Jackie Sam, Philip Khoo, Cheong Yip Seng, Abul Fazil, Roderick Pestana and Gabriel Lee (11 March 1965). "Terror Bomb kills 2 Girls at Bank" (reprint). The Straits Times. http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19650311.2.3.aspx.
- ^ Ye, Lin-Sheng (2003). The Chinese Dilemma, p. 43. East West Publishing. ISBN 0-9751646-1-9.
- ^ "Road to Independence". AsiaOne. http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/merger/merger.html. Retrieved 2006-06-28.
- ^ a b "Former DPM Rajaratnam dies at age 90". Channel NewsAsia. 22 February 2006. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/194463/1/.html.
- ^ "Singapore Infomap - Independence". Ministry of Information,Communications and the Arts. http://www.sg/explore/history_independence.htm. Retrieved 2006-07-17.
