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- 50. Covid 19 ( 武漢肺炎) : 21 Century of Calamity of Human Being(21 世紀的人類浩劫), Started from Jan. 2020 from Wu-Han ( 武漢 ), China and Spreaded Radily to the world in March, 2020.
- 49. 1/16/2016 / Democratic Progressive Party won the presidential and Legislative election in Taiwan. Dr. Tsai Ing-Wen is the first female President of Taiwan.
- 48. 2/1/2014 / The First T. A. Archives Center in Irvine, CA started its operation.
- 47. 05/2013 / The first website of History of Taiwanese Americans started its operation.
- 46. 2010 / Laguna Wood Village in S. CA becomes a popular and famous retirement place for senior T. A. in America.
- 45. 2005 / Senior T. A. started to move to new locations, which are close to their children and with warm weather.
- 44. 2005 / A number of T. A. Senior Associations were established in America.
- 43. 2003 / Taiwanese American Community Scholarship project in various locations of America started its operation.
- 42. 09/11/2001 / 911 Attack by Middle East Terrorists on NY Twin Towers, Pentagon and White House with flying airplanes
- 41. 2000 / The first generation of T. A. started to reached their retirement ages.
- 40. 2000 / Mr. Chen, Shui-bian 陳水扁was elected to be the President of Republic of China by a majority of Taiwan voters in a presidential election.
- 39. 1999 / Second week of May every year is Taiwanese American Heritage Week
- 38. 10/20/1991 / UFI (United Formosans for Independence)台獨聯盟 / Successfully moved its main operation from the U. S. to Taiwan and set up a headquarter in Taiwan
- 37. 1990 / The number of names in the black list by Taiwan government was reduced. Some T. A. returned to Taiwan for pursuing their new career.
- 36. 1/13/1988 / Mr. Lee Teng-Hui 李登輝assumed the Presidency of the Republic of China. The first Taiwanese to be the president after the death of President Ching-Kuo Chiang.
- 35. 10/31/1987 / Democratic Torch Marathon (民主聖火長跑) started from New York City.
- 34. 2/28/1987 / First open memorial service for 228 event ( 40th Anniversary) in America by T. A. organizations in the U. S.
- 33. 1/8/1987 / T. A. started a project for Census 1990, asking T.A. to be listed as a minority ethnic group in 1990 Census survey.
- 32. 12/26/1986 / T. A. participated in the first public parade of the Immigration Festival in Queens , N.Y.
- 31. 10/15/1986 / Dr. Yuan-Tseh Lee 李遠哲博士received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The First T.A. received this award.
- 30. 9/28/1986 / Democratic Progress Party in Taiwan is established.
- 29. 7/19/1986 / First Taiwan Center was established in Flushing, New York.
- 28. 5/24/1986 / Fund Raising party for Senator Edward Kennedy in Los Angel for 1986 presidential election.
- 27. 1985/06 / First Taiwanese school established in Houston(第一間在美國的台灣學校由十多位在休士頓地區熱心教育的台美人設立).
- 26. 5/31/1983 / Taiwanese American is officially recognized as an ethnic minority group in America
- 25. 1982 / Formosan Association for Public Affair was established in Los Angeles.
- 24. 1/1/1982 / 20,000 immigration quota annually was given to the people from Taiwan. Thus, it open the gate for non-student Taiwanese immigrants to the U. S. through their direct relatives and other emigration channels.
- 23. 7/31/1981 / Taiwan Tribune 台灣公論報issued its first issue ( 創刊號)
- 22. 7/3/1981 / Prof. Chen Wen Chen 陳文成教授 was found dead in Tai-da 台大(National Taiwan University)campus in Taiwan.
- 21. 4/10/1979/Taiwan Relations Act was signed by President James Earl Carter, Jr
- 20. 1979 / President Jimmy Carter recognized People Republic of China (PRC) and severed diplomatic relations with Republic of China in Taiwan.
- 19. 2/21/1972 / President Richard Nixon visited China and issued a Shanghai Communique with Communist China.
- 18. 10/25/1971 / Republic of China in Taiwan was completely expelled from United Nations.
- 17. 1971 / The Movement of Self Determination by Taiwanese 台灣人民自決運動 was started.
- 16. 9/29/1970 / Prof. Peng Ming-Min arrived at Detroit, MI.
- 15. 1970 / The first summer conference for Taiwanese American in East Coast.
- 14. 4/24/1970 / Mr. Peter Huang 黃文雄attempted to shoot Mr. Chin-Kong Chiang 蔣經國in New York City.
- 13. 1970 / Taiwanese American Association/U.S. was found. There are more than 60 local chapters in the U. S. joined the association.
- 12. 1965 / Majority of Taiwanese students decided to stay in the U. S. after obtained their advance degrees.
- 11. 1965 / Some Taiwanese students were in a國民黨 black list and were not allowed to return to their home land.
- 10. 1965 / The spouses and children of Taiwan oversea students were allowed by the government of Taiwan to unite with their families in America.
- 9. 1960 / U. S. government emphasized the science and engineering fields. Financial aids to the graduate students of these fields were offered by many American universities. This created graduate study opportunities for Taiwanese graduates majoring in science and engineering fields.
- 8. 1/1/1956 / 3F (Formosans’ Free Formosa) was established in Philadelphia.
- 7. 1955 / Only college graduates were allowed to go out of Taiwan for advance study. Male students had to complete their military service first.
- 6. 1952 – 1954 / High school graduates were allowed to go abroad for their college education.
- 5. 1950 / College graduates departed from Taiwan to America for graduate studies.
- 4. 1950 / Massive refugees ( more than 2 millions) fled from China to Taiwan.
- 3. 1949 / Dr. Or Hsieh ( 謝娥醫師) arrived in America and later obtained her citizenship. She is considered to be the first Taiwanese American.
- 2. 1947 / 228 Incident happened in Taiwan. 國民黨 imposed Martial Law in Taiwan.
- 1. 1945 / The Ruling on Taiwan was changed from Japan to the Republic of China ( 國民黨) at the end of World War II.