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Now goes the third and final part. These events took place pretty recently (No earlier than the last century of the previous millennium).

1909 – The Bangkok Treaty between England and Siam gave the English a new territory in the Malaysian peninsula.
1948 – The Federated Malay States evolved into the Federation of Malaya, with the addition of many un-federated Malaysian states and the previously British Straits Settlements.
1957 – Malaya gained its independence from England and the Federation of Malaya was formed, with Kuala Lumpur as its capital.
1963 – The Federation of Malaysia was formed, including Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo and Sarawak. Singapore left the Federation in 1965.
1970 – The Malaysian Federation state of Selangor ceded Kuala Lumpur to the federation government.
1981- Dr. Mahathir bin Mohammad began his term as Prime Minister of Malaysia, a period which lasted until 2003 and saw the rapid modernization of the Malaysia’s economy.
1988 – The Sarawak Transportation Company bought 255 acres of exhausted mining land on which to relocate the Selangor Turf club off the future PETRONAS Towers site.
1989 – Queen Elizabeth II visited Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur.
1990 – The design competition for the Kuala Lumpur City Center redevelopment project was won by the American firm Klages, Carter, Vail & Associates.
1991 – PETRONAS became a partner in the Kuala Lumpur City Centre re-development project.
1991 – International design competition for the two towers was held. Eight firms submit proposals. César Pelli and Associates’ design for the two towers were declared as the winners of the competition.
1992 – The last race was held at the Selangor Turf Club and the land was vacated.
1993 – Excavation for the PETRONAS Towers foundations began.
1994 – Construction on the PETRONAS Towers began.
1998 – The first tenants began moving into the PETRONAS Towers.
1998 – The newly formed Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra gave its first performance, in the PETRONAS Towers’ Dewan Filharmonik concert hall.
1999 – The PETRONAS Towers held their dedication ceremony on August 31 with Prime Minister and principal Kuala Lumpur redevelopment advocate Dr. Mahathir bin Mohammad presiding.
1999 – The planned city of Putrajaya was constructed twelve kilometers south of Kuala Lumpur and the federal government was relocated there, but Kuala Lumpur remained the country’s capital.
2005 – The PETRONAS Towers were evacuated for the second time in their history due to a small fire in the Cineplex. As with the first evacuation, which was for a bomb scare in 2001, no injuries were reported.
2007 – Skyscraper climber Alain Robert climbed up the outside freehand to the 60th floor of Tower Two where he was arrested by police, just as he was 10 years earlier when he climbed to the 60th floor of Tower One.
2009 – Skyscraper climber Alain Robert managed to elude police and finally climbed to the top of Tower Two.