Famous Numbers

Year 1949 Malaya wins the first ever Thomas Cup in 41× Year 1992 The Thomas Cup returns to Malaysia in 39× Year 1982 Badminton's Great Lee Chong Wei born in 35× Year 1983 Squash world champion, Nicol David born in 47× Year 1988 Azizulhasni Awang born, track cycling star 43× Year 1993 Pandelela Rinong born, Olympic diver 40× Year 1998 Kuala Lumpur hosts the Commonwealth Games 35× Year 1999 First Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang 47× Year 2017 Kuala Lumpur hosts the SEA Games 68× Year 1966 England win the World Cup at Wembley 39× Year 2022 Messi lifts the World Cup in Qatar 43× Jersey 0010 The number 10 shirt of Pele, Maradona and Messi 42× Jersey 0023 Michael Jordan's jersey number 23 42× Jersey 0024 Kobe Bryant's jersey number 24 35× Year 2016 Malaysia's best Olympic Games, in Rio 37×

Year 1912 The Titanic sinks 34× Year 1945 End of the Second World War 38× Year 1961 Yuri Gagarin, first human in space 42× Year 1969 Apollo 11 lands on the Moon 51× Year 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall 49× Year 1997 Hong Kong handover; Asian financial crisis 33× Year 2000 The new millennium 50× Year 2008 Beijing Olympics; global financial crisis 35× Year 2019 Covid-19 emerges 41×

Year 1929 P. Ramlee born, legend of Malay cinema 33× Year 1915 Adnan Saidi born, national war hero 37× Year 1935 A. Samad Said and the 14th Dalai Lama born 43× Year 1954 Sudirman Arshad and Jackie Chan born 45× Year 1962 Michelle Yeoh born, Oscar winning actress 31× Year 1979 Siti Nurhaliza born, voice of Malaysia 41× Year 1940 Bruce Lee and Pele born, two legends 45× Year 1958 Michael Jackson born, King of Pop 42× Year 1946 Donald Trump born, 45th and 47th US President 31× Year 1961 Barack Obama born, 44th US President 42× Year 1938 Kofi Annan born, UN Secretary-General 31× Year 1923 Lee Kuan Yew born, founding PM of Singapore 41× Year 1918 Nelson Mandela born, South African statesman 44× Year 1879 Albert Einstein born, physicist of the century 36× Year 1926 Queen Elizabeth II born 38× Year 1910 Mother Teresa born 56× Year 1942 Muhammad Ali born, boxing's greatest 45× Year 1969 Michael Schumacher born, seven-time F1 champion 51× Year 1960 Ayrton Senna and Diego Maradona born 46× Year 1983 Lin Dan born, badminton's Super Dan 47× Year 1985 Cristiano Ronaldo born 34× Year 1987 Lionel Messi born 38× Year 1986 Usain Bolt born, fastest man ever 41× Year 1975 Tiger Woods born, golf legend 31× Year 1955 Bill Gates and Steve Jobs born 44×

Year 1957 Stadium Merdeka built for independence 48× Year 1985 Penang Bridge opens 34× Year 1996 Petronas Twin Towers and KL Tower completed, first LRT line opens 38× Year 1998 KLIA and Bukit Jalil National Stadium open 35× Year 2017 MRT Kajang line fully opens 68× Year 2019 Exchange 106 at TRX completed 41× Year 2023 Merdeka 118 completed, second tallest in the world 36× Year 1889 Eiffel Tower completed in Paris 36× Year 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opens 51× Year 2010 Burj Khalifa opens, tallest in the world 47×

Year 1957 Independence of Malaya (Merdeka) 48× Year 1963 Formation of Malaysia 37× Year 1955 First general election 44× Year 1965 Singapore separates from Malaysia 45× Year 1970 Rukun Negara proclaimed 37× Year 1974 Kuala Lumpur becomes Federal Territory 45× Year 1984 Labuan becomes Federal Territory 44× Year 1991 Vision 2020 announced 45× Year 2001 Putrajaya becomes Federal Territory 41× Year 2007 First Malaysian in space 40× Year 2018 14th general election, first change of federal government 44× Year 2020 Vision 2020 target year 47× Year 2023 Michelle Yeoh wins the Best Actress Oscar 36× Year 1972 Kuala Lumpur granted city status 48×

Year 1903 Tunku Abdul Rahman born, 1st Prime Minister 47× Year 1922 Abdul Razak and Hussein Onn born, 2nd and 3rd PMs 42× Year 1925 Mahathir Mohamad born, 4th and 7th PM 40× Year 1939 Abdullah Badawi born, 5th PM 46× Year 1953 Najib Razak born, 6th PM 46× Year 1947 Anwar Ibrahim and Muhyiddin Yassin born, 10th and 8th PMs 47× Year 1960 Ismail Sabri born, 9th PM 46× Year 1981 Mahathir becomes PM, start of a 22 year tenure 31×

Year 1968 Magnum incorporated, Singapore Pools founded 34× Year 1969 Sports Toto established 51× Year 1988 Pan Malaysian Pools (Da Ma Cai) incorporated 43× Year 1986 Singapore Pools launches 4D 41× Year 1983 Proton founded 47× Year 1985 Proton Saga launched 34× Year 1993 Perodua founded 40× Year 1972 Malaysia Airlines (MAS) formed 48× Year 2001 AirAsia relaunched, budget airline pioneer 41× Year 1974 Petronas founded 45× Year 1965 Genting Group founded 45× Year 1959 Bank Negara Malaysia established 42× Year 1947 First flight of Malayan Airways 47× Year 1976 Apple founded 42× Year 1994 Amazon founded 48× Year 1998 Google founded 35× Year 2004 Facebook founded 42×

Flight 0370 MH370 lost over the Indian Ocean, 2014 37× Flight 0017 MH17 downed over Ukraine, 2014 43× Flight 0653 MH653, the Tanjung Kupang tragedy, 1977 52× Flight 8501 AirAsia QZ8501 lost over the Java Sea, 2014 41× Flight 1549 US1549, the Miracle on the Hudson, 2009 40× Flight 0447 Air France 447 lost over the Atlantic, 2009 39× Flight 4590 Concorde's only crash, Air France 4590, 2000 39×

Number 0007 James Bond, Agent 007 46× Number 2046 Wong Kar-wai's film 2046 52× Number 0456 Player 456 in Squid Game 45× Number 0011 Eleven from Stranger Things 47× Number 1408 Stephen King's haunted room 1408 38× Number 1138 THX 1138, George Lucas's signature number 57× Number 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey 41× Number 1917 Sam Mendes war epic 1917 36× Number 2012 Disaster blockbuster 2012 54× Number 1984 George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four 44×

Number 8888 Quadruple prosperity, the most bet-on 4D number 39× Number 1688 "Prosperity all the way" (yi lu fa) 38× Number 1314 "For a whole lifetime" (yi sheng yi shi) 39× Number 5200 "I love you" (520) 57× Number 6688 Smooth and prosperous 42× Number 0168 "A lifetime of prosperity" (168) 49× Number 9413 "Nine deaths, one life": surviving the odds 42× Number 4444 The number every bettor avoids 40×

Plate 0001 Number 1: the King's record plates FF1, GOLD 1, FFF 1 42× Plate 1177 P1177P, most contested plate in JPJ's P-series auction 43× Plate 8118 A8118A, hot plate of the JPJ 79th anniversary auction 43× Plate 0888 P888P, the triple-eight plate chased by 22 bidders 44× Plate 0101 A101A, chased by 31 bidders 32× Plate 0313 P313P, chased by 24 bidders 37×