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April 1

April 1:

Events:

2015 - Two F-18 jet fighters belonging to the United States Marine Corps Aviation landed at Tainan Air Force Base due to mechanical failure and underwent two days of repairs. This was the first time since the United States and the Republic of China severed diplomatic relations that a US fighter jet flew to Taiwan.

Births:

1940 - Ma Ju-Lung (馬如龍), Taiwanese actor.
1980 - Chi Chun-lin (紀俊麟), Taiwanese baseball player.
1984 - Wang Seng-wei (王勝偉), Taiwanese baseball player.
1993 - Grace Wu (吳采臻), Taiwanese female artist.

Deaths:

2012 - Chang Mei-Yao (張美瑤), Taiwanese actress. (Born in 1941)
2016 - Mei Kewang (梅可望), Taiwanese educator, former principal at Central Police University and Tunghai University.

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April 2

April 2:

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Births:

1932 - Ru-Chih Chow Huang (黃周汝吉), American biologist, cancer researcher and first female science professor at Johns Hopkins University.
1944 - Tsung Hua (宗華), Taiwanese actor.
1980 - Hu Chun-chieh (胡竣傑), Taiwanese baseball player.
1981 - Chen Chia-hung (陳家鴻), Taiwanese baseball player.

Deaths:

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April 3

April 3:

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Births:

Deaths:

2006 - Betty Yeh (葉淑雯), Taiwanese actress (Born in 1944)

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April 4

April 4:

The Combined Holidays of Women's Day and Children's Day since 2011.
Taiwan Cat's Day

Events:

2005 - Taiwan Solidarity Union's newly appointed Chairman, Shu Chin-chiang, is criticized for paying his respects at Yasukuni Shrine.

Births:

1978 - Aska Yang (楊宗緯), Taiwanese male singer.
1979 - Joe Chen (陳喬恩), Taiwanese singer, actress, writer and model.
1982 - Ho Jing-Yang (何景揚), guitarist and lead of Taiwanese indie band Sodagreen.
1986 - Jolin Chien (簡宏霖), member of Taiwanese boy band 4ever.

Deaths:

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April 5

April 5:

Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day).

Events:

1928 - The Taiwanese Communist Party, a branch of the Japanese Communist Party is founded in Shanghai.

Births:

1965 - Lang Tsu-Yun (郎祖筠), Taiwanese female artist.
1970 - Sean Su (蘇炳憲), Taiwanese actor.

Deaths:

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April 6

April 6:

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Births:

1923 - Chang Feng (常楓), Taiwanese male artist.
1972 - Angus Hsieh (謝承均), Taiwanese actor.
1978 - Vivi Chen (陳曉菁), Taiwanese actress.
1986 - Dominique Tsai (蔡詩蕓), Taiwanese-Australian female singer.

Deaths:

2009 - A-Sun (阿桑), Taiwanese singer, died from breast cancer. (Born in 1975)

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April 7

April 7:

2006 - The Executive Yuan announces on 22 December 2016 that April 7th will be known as Freedom of Expression Day (言論自由日) to commemorate the death of democracy activist Cheng Nan-jung.

Events:

1989 - The National Olympic Committee of the Peoples Republic of China finally agrees to the use of Chinese Taipei's Chinese translation of 中華臺北 (Zhonghua Taibei, lit. "Chinese Taipei") after a decade of unsuccessful insistence on 中國臺北 (Zhongguo Taibei lit. "Taipei, China"). The agreement was signed in Hong Kong between Chinese Taipei's Lee Ching-hua and China's He Zhenliang, the Secretary-General and President respectively.
1995 - DOS version of the Chinese videogame masterpiece The Legend of Sword and Fairy goes on sale in Taiwan.

Births:

1982 - Lee Shiau-Shiang (李紹祥 aka 邵翔 Shao Xiang), member of Taiwanese boy band Wu Hu Jiang (武虎將).
1989 - Jill Su (蘇晏霈), Taiwanese actress.
1989 - Chen Chia-Chu (陳家駒, Amis: Fatang Kaloloan), Taiwanese baseball player.

Deaths:

1989 - Cheng Nan-jung (鄭南榕), a democracy activist charged with sedition for publishing a draft proposal for a constitution for the Republic of Taiwan. He burned himself alive in his office to avoid arrest by the Kuomintang. (Born in 1947)

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April 8

April 8:

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Births:

1976 - Hsieh Chia-hsien (謝佳賢), Taiwanese baseball player.
1984 - Chen Shih-nien (陳世念), Taiwanese basketball player.
1987 - Rachel Liang (梁文音), Taiwanese female singer.
1993 - Chiu Tzu-Shin (邱子芯), Taiwanese actress.

Deaths:

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April 9

April 9:

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Births:

1960 - Shen Yan (沈雁), Taiwanese singer.
1985 - Summer Lee (李懿), Taiwanese model.

Deaths:

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April 10

April 10:

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Births:

1981 - Jerry Huang (黃志瑋), Taiwanese actor.
1987 - Sandrine Pinna (張榕容), Taiwanese actress.

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April 11

April 11:

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Births:

1978 - Jensen Tien (田家達), Taiwanese actor.
1988 - Yuri Huang (詹子晴（丫頭）), Taiwanese singer and member of girlband Hey Girl (黑Girl)
1991 - Chang Geng-Hao (張耿豪), Taiwanese baseball player.

Deaths:

1981 - Chen Da (陳達), Taiwanese folk singer. (Born in 1906)
2003 - Cai Zimin (蔡子民), famous Chinese social activist and leader of the communist Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League. (Born in 1920)

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April 12

April 12

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Births:

1942 - Liu Hsia (杏林子), Taiwanese female writer. (Died in 2003)，台灣作家。（2003年逝世）
1950 - Chao Yi (趙怡), Taiwan former Director of the Executive Yuan's Government Information Office.
1953 - Wu Hsing-kuo (吳興國), Taiwanese actor.
1968 - April Hou (侯炳瑩), Taiwanese actor.

Deaths:

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April 13

April 13:

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Births:

1934 - Liu Hsing-Chin (劉興欽), Taiwanese manhua artist and inventor.
1943 - Liu Chia-chang (劉家昌), famous Taiwanese musician.
1975 - Joy Chan (詹雅菁), Taiwanese voice over actress.
1985 - Chuck Hsieh (謝俊奇), Taiwanese male singer.
1987 - Elyse Yang (楊伊湄), Taiwanese TV anchor.
1988 - Daniel Chen (小蝦), Taiwanese actor.
2001 - Chen Tzu-Hsien (陳咨憲), Taiwanese actor.

Deaths:

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April 14

April 14:

Events:

1966 - Master Cheng Yen establishes the Tzu Chi Foundation in Hualien County.
1982 - Lee Shih-ke (李師科) was a taxi driver, womanizer and gambler who pulled off Taiwan's first gunpoint bank heist, stealing NTD 5.3 million. He had obtained the gun by killing a police officer two years earlier and was unhappy with the inequality of society. He hid NTD 4 million at a friends house and spend NTD 140,000 on women, a gold bracelet and watch. [1]

Births:

1978 - Wang Yi Lu (王以路), Taiwanese actor.
1989 - Prince Chiu (邱勝翊（王子）), Taiwanese male singer, member of the band JPM.

Deaths:

1997 - Pai Hsiao-yen (白曉燕) was a 16 year old high school student kidnapped on her way to school, tortured, murdered and mutilated. Her kidnappers sent a ransom note demanding USD 5 million along with a photo and her severed finger to her parents. She was the daughter of famous artist Bai Bingbing. (Born in 1980)

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April 15

April 15:

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Births:

1931 - K.C. Chang (張光直), Taiwanese anthropologist. (Died in 2001)
1952 - Chang Chang-Tsai (張昌財), Taiwanese politician and legislator.
1954 - Wang Mon Ling (王夢麟), Taiwanese male singer.
1956 - Peng Chia-Chia (澎恰恰), Taiwanese singer, composer and actor.
1976 - Lee Pei-Chen (李佩甄), Taiwanese artist.
1978 - Huang Kun-Hsuen (黃坤玄), Taiwanese actor.
1979 - Wang Hsin-Min (王信民), Taiwanese baseball player.
1979 - Tommy Yu (游智煒), Taiwanese independent director, screenwriter and photographer.
1982 - Chen Kuan-jen (陳冠任), Taiwanese baseball player.

Deaths:

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April 16

April 16:

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Births:

1960 - Chu Teh-Yung (朱德庸), Taiwanese manhua artist.
1976 - Shu Qi (舒淇), Taiwanese actress.
1976 - Chi Chin (季芹), Taiwanese actress.
1987 - Max Lin (林欣甫), winner of Season 2 of Taiwan's Chinese Million Star (華人星光大道).

Deaths:

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April 17

April 17:

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1895 – Qing Empire signs the Treaty of Shimonoseki ceding the mainland Liaodong Peninsula and the islands of Taiwan and the Pescadores to the Empire of Japan, ending the First Sino-Japanese War.
1989 - Chinese Taipei's gymnastics team land in Beijing, the first Taiwanese sports team to arrive in China for a sporting event since 1949.

Births:

1982 - Cathy Chung (鍾欣怡), Taiwanese actress.

Deaths:

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April 18

April 18:

Events:

1982 - Hong Kong drama Chu Liuxiang (楚留香) premieres on Taiwan's CTV.

Births:

1965 - Cindy Mong (孟庭麗), Taiwanese actress.
1974 - George Chang (張兆志), Taiwanese actor.
1975 - Hsiao Pan-Pan (小潘潘), Taiwanese female artist.
1982 - Ann Chang (張沁妍), Taiwanese actress.
1998 - Esther Hong (洪於崴), Taiwanese actress.

Deaths:

2016 - Yen Shih-Hsi (顏世錫), former Director of Taiwan's National Police Agency. (Born in 1930)

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April 19

April 19:

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Births:

1952 - Tang Chuan (唐川), Taiwanese actor.
1981 - Hsu Chih-Chang (許志昌), Taiwanese baseball player.
1982 - How Yao (姚元浩), Taiwanese male artist.
1986 - Mini Chao (米可白), Taiwanese female artist.

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April 20

April 20:

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Births:

1972 - Julia Peng, Taiwanese female singer.
1984 - Sabrina Pai (白家綺), Taiwanese actress.

Deaths:

2000 - Yeh Yung-chih (葉永鋕), Taiwanese high school student whose death had a great impact on Taiwanese sex education and lead to the Gender Equity Education Act. (Born in 1985)

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April 21

April 21:

Events:

1975 - South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigns and flees to Taiwan as the South Vietnamese capital Saigon falls to North Vietnamese troops at the Battle of Xuân Lộc.

Births:

1953 - Terry Hu, Taiwanese actress.
1962 - Di Ying (狄鶯), Taiwanese female artist.
1967 - Liu Chih-sheng (劉志昇), Taiwanese baseball player.
1985 - Yeh Yung-chieh, Taiwanese baseball player.
1986 - Jeremy Liu (劉子千), Taiwanese male singer.

Deaths:

1958 - Tsai Chih-chan (蔡旨禪), Taiwanese female poet.
2015 - Cindy Yang, Taiwanese actress and model, daughter of a politician. Committed suicide after suffering from prolonged cyberbullying. (Born in 1990)

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April 22

April 22:

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Births:

1979 - Yang Chien-fu (陽建福), Taiwanese baseball player.
1979 - Jozie Lu (路嘉欣), Taiwanese actress.
1984 - Alice Tzeng (曾愷玹), Taiwanese actress and model.

Deaths:

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April 23

April 23:

Events:

2008 - The Sediq tribe becomes the 14th officially recognized Taiwanese aborigines by the Republic of China government.

Births:

1986 - Achel Chang (張芯瑜), Taiwanese female artist.
1988 - Yen-j (嚴爵), Taiwanese songwriter.

Deaths:

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April 24

April 24:

Events:

2003 - Timeline of the SARS outbreak: Taipei city government closes Taipei Municipal Hospital Hoping branch and quarantines 930 staffs and 240 patients for 2 weeks.

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Deaths:

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April 25

April 25:

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Births:

1935 - Li Ao (李敖), Taiwanese scholar.
1940 - Chiang Peng-chien (江鵬堅), Taiwanese politician. (Died in 2000)
1968 - William Hsieh (謝祖武), Taiwanese actor.
1977 - Masa (蔡昇晏（瑪莎）), bass guitarist for the band Mayday (五月天).
1982 - Kevin Huang (黃俊中), Taiwanese baseball player.
1982 - Christine Chang (張靜之), Taiwanese actress.

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April 26

April 26:

Events:

1994 – China Airlines Flight 140 crashes due to pilot error on approach to Nagoya Airport. Of 271 passengers including 15 crew, only 6 passengers survive the accident.

Births:

1936 - Ting Chiang (丁強), Taiwanese actor, director, TV producer and presenter.
1967 - Lu Kung-wei (呂孔維), Taiwanese comedian.
1968 - James Cheng (鄭堅克詹姆士), Taiwanese celebrity chef.
1973 - Norman Chen (陳冠霖), Taiwanese actor.
1995 - Wu Cheng-di (吳政迪), Taiwanese actor.

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April 27

April 27:

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Births:

1910 – Chiang Ching-kuo, son of Generalissimo and President Chiang Kai-shek, served as Premier (1972-78) and as the third President of the Republic of China until his death (1978-88) .

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April 28

April 28:

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1952 – The Treaty of Taipei is signed between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China marking the formal end of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
1962 - Taiwan Television (TTV) becomes the first TV station in Taiwan to begin televised broadcasts.
1991 – The Straits Exchange Foundation sends its first delegation to Beijing.
1992 – In the Taiwan McDonald's bombings, police officer Yang Chi-chang (楊季章) dies attempting to disarm a bomb in Taipei's Minsheng East Road.