Malaysia Day Malaysia Day Malaysia Day is held on 16 September every year to commemorate the establishment of the Malaysian federation on the same date in 1963. It marked the joining together of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore to form Malaysia. But then Singapore was expelled on 9 August 1965, after two years being a part of Malaysia. The formation of the new federation was planned to occur on 1 June 1963, but was later postponed to 31 August 1963, to coincide with the sixth Hari Merdeka. Several issues related to objections of neighbouring Indonesia and the Philippines to the formation
Football Federation of the Soviet Union Football Federation of the Soviet Union The Football Federation of the USSR () was a governing body of football in the Soviet Union and since 1972 the main governing body of football in the country. The Federation was created late in 1934 by the decision of the "Supreme Council of Physical Culture" of the USSR (, VSFK) as its sports section governing specifically football. It was the only organization that obtained recognition of FIFA in 1946. After the establishment of the Soviet regime in the former Russian Empire all its former affiliations abroad were discontinued. Football life in the country