1962 in Taiwan

Events in the year 1962 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 51 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

• President – Chiang Kai-shek
• Vice President – Chen Cheng
• Premier – Chen Cheng
• Vice Premier – Wang Yun-wu

Events

April

• 1 April – The upgrade of Sanchong from an urban township to a county-administered city.
• 28 April – The establishment of TTV Main Channel.

May

• 16 May – The opening of Hualien Airport in Hualien County.

July

• 11 July – The establishment of China Maritime Institute.

October

• 10 October – The official launch of TTV Main Channel.

Births

• 22 February – Lin Tsung-hsien, Magistrate of Yilan County (2009–2017)
• 17 March – Lin Hsi-shan, Secretary-General of Executive Yuan (1999–2016)
• 20 March – Kuo Tai-yuan, baseball player
• 8 May – Fu Kun-chi, Magistrate of Hualien County (2009–2018)
• 27 July – Vanessa Shih, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012–2016)
• 10 October – Tou Chung-hua, actor
• 25 October - Tsai Hsiao-hu, singer
• 28 November – Pan Wen-chung, Minister of Education (2016–2018)

Deaths

• 14 February – Hu Zongnan, 65, general.
• 24 February – Hu Shih, 70, politician and writer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1949), President of Academia Sinica (1957-1962).
• 19 May – Mei Yiqi, 72, politician, physicist and educator, Minister of Education (1948–1949, 1958–1961).

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