Events from the year 1966 in Taiwan,

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. This year is numbered Minguo 55 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

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– Chiang Kai-shek *

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–

Yen Chia-kan Yen Chia-kan (; 23 October 1905 – 24 December 1993), also known as C. K. Yen, was a chemist and the second president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 1975 to 1978. A Kuomintang politician, he succeeded Chiang Kai-shek as the second pr ...

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–

* Vice Premier – Yu Ching-tang,

Huang Shao-ku Huang Shao-ku (; ; 24 July 1901 – 16 October 1996) was a Republic of China journalist, soldier, and politician, born in Hunan and influential in the Taipei government between the 1950s and 1980s. He joined Kuomintang in 1924 as a newspaper rep ...

Events

January

* 7 January – The establishment of Chun Yuan Steel. * 28 January – The establishment of National Youth Commission.

February

* 15 February –

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Park Chung-hee Park Chung Hee (; ; November14, 1917October26, 1979) was a South Korean politician and army officer who served as the third president of South Korea from 1962 after he seized power in the May 16 coup of 1961 until Assassination of Park Chung ...

visited Taiwan.

March

* 13 March – The 8.0

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occurred off the

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coast. * 22 March – The completion of Jhaishan Tunnel in

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July

* 17 July – The completion of Touliao Guesthouse construction in Daxi Township,

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September

* 1 September – The appointment of

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as the

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December

* 30 December –

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was approved by

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to become a special municipality.

Births

* 5 January – Hsu Chih-chieh, member of 8th

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* 15 May – Hsu Yung-ming, member of

* 22 June –

Doze Niu Doze Niu (, also known as Niu Chen-zer; born June 22, 1966) is a Taiwanese actor, film director, show host, screenwriter, and producer. As a film director, he is best known for the Taiwanese film '' Monga''. Early life Niu was born in Taipei ...

, actor, film director, show host, screenwriter and producer * 23 June –

Richie Jen Richie Jen Hsien-chi (, born 23 June 1966), also known as Richie Ren, is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He graduated from the Chinese Culture University's physical education department. Jen debuted in December 1990 with the studio album ''Ask ...

, actor and singer * 31 August –

Stella Chang Stella Chang (; born 31 August 1966) is a Taiwanese singer who won the Golden Melody Award for Best Female Vocalist Mandarin twice. Chang debuted in 1985, and released over thirty albums. She married Sung Hsueh-jen in 2005. The couple moved to ...

, singer * 6 December – Yang Yao, member of Legislative Yuan * 12 December – Li Meng-yen,

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References

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