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2002 China Airlines flight 611 crashes near Taiwan, killing 225, crash probably due to structural failure
1999 Earthquake kills 2,295 in central Taiwan 1994 Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed 1993 Yen Chia-kan, PM/President of Taiwan (1963-72, 75-78), dies 1992 1st subway car completed to be exported from U.S. (to Taiwan) 1991 Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0 1988 Chiang Ching-huo, president of Taiwan (1978-88), dies at 69 1987 Ying-Chin Ho, Taiwan government official, dies at 88 1987 State of siege ends in Taiwan 1987 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law 1981 China throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan 1978 Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with US 1974 Taiwan police shoots into crowd 1973 Shi Ting Wang, Tainan Taiwan, tennis star, 1994 Taipei 1973 Chiou Hai Ta, Miss Taiwan ROC Universe, 1997 1971 U.N. votes to expel Taiwan and admit Red China 1964 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage 1964 Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France 1960 Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist, Queen Sophia 1st prize 1957 Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan 1955 Ned Overend, Taipei Taiwan, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1954 Taiwan and U.S. sign military pact 1950 President Truman promises aid to Taiwan 1949 Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan 1949 Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa 1949 Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa 1947 Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law) 1947 Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan 1946 Constitution accepted in Taiwan 1945 Japanese surrender Taiwan to General Chiang Kai-shek 1945 Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies 1944 Chi Cheng, born in Taiwan, sprinter/80m hurdler, 1968 Olympics Bronze 1933 Chuan-Kwang Yang, born in Taiwan, decathlete 1960 Olympics silver 1923 Lee Teng-hui, president of ROC, Taiwan, head of KMT, 1988- 1911 Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan National Day) 1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki 1892 Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan 1661 Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan |
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