Portal:Taiwan/Anniversaries/May

These are the selected anniversaries for May that appear on the Taiwan portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.

May 1

May 1:

• Labor Day.

Events:

• 1988 - Locomotive drivers of Taiwan Railways Administration hold a big strike under the guise of a collective day off.
• 1991 - The Kuomintang officially ends 42 years of martial law (1949-1991).

Births:

• 1954 - Fang Fang (方芳), Taiwanese actor.
• 1974 - Vivian Chen (陳德容), Taiwanese actress.
• 1979 - Michelle Lin (林立雯), Taiwanese actor and presenter.
• 1980 - Charmaine Fong (方皓玟), Taiwanese singer.
• 1981 - Lin Ying-chieh (林英傑), Taiwanese baseball player.
• 1985 - Nikki Hsieh (謝欣穎), Taiwanese actress.
• 1985 - Du Mu (杜牧), Taiwanese singer.

Deaths:

• 2005 - Ni Min-jan (倪敏然), Taiwanese actor and comedian found hanging from a Jambu tree in Yilan County. (Born in 1946)

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May 2

May 2:

Events:

Births:

• 1942 - Winston Chang (章孝慈),Taiwanese legal scholar. (Died in 1996)
• 1952 - Lee Li-Chun (李立群), Taiwanese actor.
• 1972 - Hsu Chan-yuan (徐展元), Taiwanese sportscaster.
• 1974 - Chang Chen-yue (張震嶽), popular Taiwanese male singer.
• 1977 - Blackie Chen (陳建州), Taiwanese actor.
• 1988 - Lara Veronin (梁心頤), Taiwanese female singer.

Deaths:

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May 3

May 3:

Events:

Births:

• 1955 - Louis Hsiao (蕭大陸), Taiwanese actor.
• 1965 - Kristy Chu (曲家瑞), Shih Chien University professor and artist.
• 1975 - Fan Kuang-yao (樊光耀), Taiwanese actor.
• 1975 - Vega Tsai (蔡燦得), Taiwanese actor.
• 1979 - Lil'v (林衍村), Taiwanese male singer.
• 1991 - Chang Wen Chi (張文綺), Taiwanese female singer.

Deaths:

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May 4

May 4:

Events:

Births:

• 1965 - Tai Chih-Yuan (邰智源), Taiwanese actor.

Deaths:

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May 5

May 5:

Events:

• 1907 - Taiwanese aborigine Atayal tribe launched the Barahoi Rebellion (枕頭山事件) to defend their land and people by resisting the Japanese.

Births:

• 19 - Louis Hsiao (蕭大陸), Taiwanese actor.
• 1940 - Wang Hsieh (王俠), Taiwanese actor.
• 1953 - Heinrich Wang (王俠軍), Taiwanese director, actor, artist.
• 1980 - Kingone Wang (王傳一), Taiwanese actor.
• 1982 - Vicky Tseng (曾莞婷), Taiwanese actor.

Deaths:

• 2013 - Tang Tswen-Yung (唐存勇), Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University professor. (born 1952)

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May 6

May 6:

Events:

Births:

• 1936 - Kang Ting (康丁), Taiwanese actor. (died 2011)
• 1942 - Rin Kaiho (林海峰), Japan-based professional Go (Weiqi) player.
• 1980 - Cho Shika (張誌家), Japan-based baseball player.
• 1995 - Elvis Tian (田亞霍), Taiwanese male singer.

Deaths:

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May 7

May 7:

Events:

• 2012 - 2012 Hsuehshan Tunnel Fire, a fire broke out in the Hsuehshan Tunnel of Freeway 5 when a car and bus collided, 2 people died and 25 injured.

Births:

• 1926 - Huang Shih-hui (黃世惠), Taiwanese businessman.
• 1961 - Fang Pao-Hsiu (大目仔), Taiwanese actor. (died 2013).
• 1969 - Chin Yu-chuang (金友莊), Taiwanese female artist.
• 1981 - Lin Chin-ping (林津平), Taiwanese baseball player.
• 1983 - Tseng Chia-min (曾嘉敏), Taiwanese baseball player.臺灣棒球選手
• 1990 - Andrew Chou (麻吉弟弟), Taiwanese male singer and member of hip-hop group Machi.

Deaths:

• 2013 - Hsu Cheng-jui (許乘睿), Taiwanese baseball player, died age 17 from heart attack during training. (born in 1995)

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May 8

May 8:

• Mother's Day in Taiwan.

Events:

• 1999 - Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party ratifies the Resolution on Taiwan's Future at the eighth annual national assembly in Kaohsiung.

Births:

• 1977 - Lu Sze-Ming (路斯明), Taiwanese actor.
• 1991 - An Jun-Peng (安俊朋), Taiwanese actor.

Deaths:

• 1942 - Yoichi Hatta (八田與一), Japanese engineer, built Wushantou Dam and designed Chianan Irrigation, and was a great contributor to Taiwan's water conservation. Born in 1886)
• 1995 - Teresa Teng (鄧麗君), Taiwanese female singer. (Born in 1953)

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May 9

May 9:

Events:

• 2013 - Guang Da Xing No. 28 incident: The Philippine Coast Guard fires 59 bullets at a Taiwanese fishing vessel, the Guang Da Xing No. 28, killing the ship's captain, Hong Shi-Cheng. The resulting incident led to worsening of relations between Taiwan and the Philippines including Taiwan conducting navy drills in the area and sanctions against the Philippines. Relations normalized after the Philippines complies with Taiwan's demands.

Births:

• 1950 - Chiou I-jen (邱義仁), Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party political figure.
• 1975 - Weng Li-you (翁立友), Taiwanese singer.
• 1978 - Baron Chen (陳楚河), Taiwanese actor.
• 1983 - Ivy Hsu (許嘉凌), Taiwanese artist.

Deaths:

• 2013 - Hong Shi-Cheng (洪石成), Taiwanese fisherman, shot dead by the Philippine Coast Guard during the Guang Da Xing No. 28 incident.

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May 10

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May 11

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May 12

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May 13

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May 14

• 2006 – Mother's Day.

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May 15

• 2006 – Buddha's Birthday.

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May 16

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May 17

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May 18

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May 19

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May 20

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May 21

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May 22

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May 23

• 1895 – Republic of Formosa.

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May 24

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May 25

• 2002 – China Airlines Flight 611.

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May 26

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May 27

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May 28

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May 29

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May 30

May 30:

Events:

Births:

• 1936 - Mei Fang (梅芳), Taiwanese actress.
• 1972 - Leslie Hsiang (向語潔), Taiwanese actor.
• 1973 - Huang Yu-Teng (黃裕登), Taiwanese baseball player.
• 1979 - Katrina Fu (傅其慧), Taiwanese voice actress.
• 1981 - Deserts Chang (張懸), Taiwanese singer.
• 1982 - BABU (小鯊龍), Taiwanese manhua author.

Deaths:

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May 31

May 31:

Events:

Births:

• 1963 - Chao Yung-Hsin (趙永馨), Taiwanese actress.
• 1983 - Michelle Chen (陳妍希), Taiwanese actress, 代表作《那些年，我們一起追的女孩》

Deaths:

• 2012 - Shih Sung (石松), real name Chin Ching-chih (秦清志), Taiwanese artist (Born 1944).
• 2013 - Alisya Yeh (葉翎涵), Taiwanese artist, wife of Morrison Ni (小馬) (Born 1989).
• 2017 - Gerald George Martinson (丁松筠), American missionary, died from heart attack (Born 1942).

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