Events from the year 1966 in Taiwan, Republic of China. 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 Kuomintang politician. He succeeded Chiang Kai-shek as President of the Republic of China on 5 April 1975, being sworn in on 6 April 1975, and served out the ...

* Premier –

* Vice Premier – Yu Ching-tang, Huang Shao-ku

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 visited Taiwan.

March

* 13 March – The 8.0 Hualien earthquake occurred off the

Hualien County Hualien County ( Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. I ...

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

July

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

Taoyuan County Taoyuan County () is under the administration of Changde, Hunan Province, China. The Yuan River, a tributary of the Yangtze, flows through Taoyuan. It covers an area of 4441 square kilometers, of which is arable land. It is from Zhangjiang To ...

September

* 1 September – The appointment of

Sun Fo Sun Fo or Sun Ke (; 21 October 1891 – 13 September 1973), courtesy name Zhesheng (), was a high-ranking official in the government of the Republic of China. He was the son of Sun Yat-sen, the founder of the Republic of China, and his fir ...

as the

Examination Yuan The Examination Yuan is the civil service commission branch, in charge of validating the qualification of civil servants, of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It has a president, a vice president, and seven to nine members, al ...

December

* 30 December –

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was approved by Executive Yuan to become a special municipality.

Births

* 5 January – Hsu Chih-chieh, member of 8th Legislative Yuan * 15 May – Hsu Yung-ming, member of Legislative Yuan * 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 * 31 August – Stella Chang, singer * 6 December – Yang Yao, member of Legislative Yuan * 12 December – Li Meng-yen,

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of Executive Yuan

References

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