1978 in Taiwan

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Events in the year 1978 in Taiwan. This year is numbered Minguo 67 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents[]

• President – Yen Chia-kan, Chiang Ching-kuo
• Vice President – Chiang Ching-kuo, Hsieh Tung-min
• Premier – Chiang Ching-kuo, Sun Yun-suan
• Vice Premier – Hsu Ching-chung

Events[]

May[]

• 20 May – Chiang Ching-kuo became the President of the Republic of China.

December[]

• 10 December – The commissioning of first unit of Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant in Taipei County.

Births[]

• 1 January – Huang Chin-chih, baseball player
• 30 January – Chiang Tsu-ping, actress and television host
• 23 March – Chu Hung-sen, baseball player
• 14 May – Aimee Sun, socialite, heiress, media personality, jewelry designer, businesswoman, celebrity endorser, commercial actress and cover girl
• 7 June – Penny Lin, actress
• 14 June – Dee Hsu, television host, actress and singer
• 17 July – Suming, singer and songwriter
• 25 August – Giddens Ko, novelist and filmmaker
• 14 September – Aya Liu, actress and hostess
• 22 October – Chang Chih-chiang, baseball player
• 14 November – Liu Fu-hao, baseball player
• 26 December – Chiang Wan-an, member of Legislative Yuan, great grandson of Chiang Kai-shek

Deaths[]

• 18 May – Wei Tao-ming, former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• 27 July – Zeng Baosun, historian.

References[]