Events from the year 1976 in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. This year is numbered Minguo 65 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

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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 ...

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Chiang Ching-kuo Chiang Ching-kuo (27 April 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a politician of the Republic of China after its retreat to Taiwan. The eldest and only biological son of former president Chiang Kai-shek, he held numerous posts in the government ...

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* Vice Premier – Hsu Ching-chung

Events

September

* 1 September – The establishment of

Taiwan Institute of Economic Research Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER, ) is an incorporated non-profit research institute in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. History Established on 1 September 1976, it was the first independent academic research institute in Taiwan. ...

October

* 10 October –

Wang Sing-nan Wang Sing-nan (; born 27 June 1941) is the caucus whip for the Democratic Progressive Party in the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China on Taiwan. He has represented the electoral district of Tainan City since February 2005. On 10 Octo ...

sent a

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to Chairman of

Taiwan Provincial Government The Taiwan Provincial Government was the government that governed Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Its functions have been transferred to the National Development Council and other ministries of the Executive Yuan. History At the ...

Hsieh Tung-min Hsieh Tung-min (; 25 January 1908 – 9 April 2001) was the ninth Governor of Taiwan Province (1972–1978), the sixth and first local Taiwanese Vice President of the Republic of China (1978–1984) under president Chiang Ching-kuo. Family an ...

; as a result of the explosion, Hsieh lost a hand.

November

* 27 November – The opening of

Hsinchu CKS Baseball Stadium Hsinchu Baseball Stadium () is a baseball stadium in North District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. It hosted occasional games for Taichung Agan and Taipei Gida in the defunct Taiwan Major League. The stadium is now the ball park for Wei Chuan Dragons o ...

in North District,

Hsinchu City Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...

Births

* 24 March – Kuo Yi-feng, baseball player * 5 April – Su Chiao-hui, member of Legislative Yuan * 16 April –

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, actress * 24 July –

Chiang Peng-lung Chiang Peng-lung (; born 24 July 1976, in Penghu) is a Taiwanese male professional table tennis player. Career highlights Singles (as of August 15, 2010) * Olympics: round of 16 (2000, 04). * World Championships: SF (2001). * World Cup appeara ...

, table tennis player * 7 September – Wang Jing-li, baseball player * 22 September – Hsiao Huang-chi, singer, songwriter and judo athlete * 6 October – Barbie Hsu, actress and singer * 15 October –

Chang Chen Chang Chen (born 14 October 1976) is a Taiwanese actor. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan. His father Chang Kuo-chu and his brother Hans Chang are also actors. Career Chang started his film career at a very young age. He was then selected by a ...

, actor * 16 October – Huang Chih-hsiung, member of 6th, 7th and 8th Legislative Yuan * 24 October – Yang Shih-kuang, television presenter * 27 October – Chen Chih-yuan, former professional baseball player * 31 October – Chang Tai-shan, professional baseball player * 28 November – Monster, guitarist * 4 December –

Joelle Lu Joelle Lu () is a Taiwanese actress. Filmography Television series Films References External links * * 1976 births 21st-century Taiwanese actresses Actresses from Taipei Living people Taiwanese film actresses Taiwanese ...

, actress

References

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