Events in Sabah History
- 1944-10-22 WWII: Japanese Navy Admiral Takeo Kurita's fleet leaves North Borneo
- 1945-06-09 -10] Australian troops land in Brunei Bay, North Borneo
- 1946-07-15 British North Borneo Company transfers its rights to modern day Sabah to the British Crown
Federation of Malaysia
1963-09-16 Federation of Malaysia formed by Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak
- 2015-06-05 6.0 magnitude earthquake (strongest to affect Malaysia since 1978) strikes Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, killing 18 people on Mount Kinabalu
- 2019-11-23 Sumatran rhino officially declared extinct in Malaysia after last known specimen, 25-year-old Iman, dies of cancer in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Famous People from Sabah
- 1983-03-10 Che'Nelle [Cheryline Lim] Malaysian-Australian pop and hip-hop singer-songwriter, born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Famous Malaysians
Guy Sebastian
Mahathir bin Mohamad
Michelle Yeoh
Najib Razak
Tony Fernandes
Tunku Abdul Rahman