Singapore independence
1965 · Event
Expelled from Malaysia, Singapore becomes independent under Lee Kuan Yew and rises from poverty to a global financial hub.
On these timelines: Southeast Asia, Master
More from Southeast Asia
- Cambodian genocide under Pol Pot (1975)
- Tet Offensive (1968)
- Angkor Wat built (1113)
- Indian Ocean tsunami (2004)
- Construction of Angkor Wat (1113)
- Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1954)
- Borobudur completed (825)
- Indonesian mass killings of 1965 (1965)
Around 1965
- The Beatles (1960)
- Sputnik launch (1957)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- The Rolling Stones (1962)
- The Beatles release Please Please Me (1963)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Construction of Berlin Wall (1961)
- Assassination of JFK (1963)
- J. K. Rowling (1965)