Febraury 28th is one of the saddest days in Taiwan history.
In 1947, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) incited violence during a peaceful protesters rally on the International Day of Peace, and massacred the tens of thousands of Taiwanese voices that defied their regime that night.
The citizens of Taiwan were under a haze of martial law. Then on February 28th 1980, exactly 30 years ago, the black gloves central to the KMT shortened the lives of the family of lawyer Lin Yi Shion (林義雄) while he and others defended the publishers of the indepedent, popular, and non-Party (there was only one political Party) "Beautiful Island Magazine" (美麗島雜誌).
Last Night's Memorial Rally
Sunday, 28 February 2010
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National Holidays and Reminders
- Jan 1. Founding Day (ROC 1912), 元旦.
- Feb 4 or 5. Farmer's Day (Spring begins), 農民節.
- Feb 28. Peace Memorial Day (1947), 228 和平紀念日.
- 1ST day of 1st lunar month. Lunar New Year, 春節.
- 15TH day of 1st lunar month. Latern Festival, 元宵節.
- Mar 8. Women's Day, 婦女節.
- Mar 12. Sun Yat-sen's passing (1925), 國父逝世紀念日.
- Mar 29. Youth Day, 青年節.
- Apr 4. Children's Day, 婦幼節.
- Apr 5. Tomb Sweeping Day, 清明節.
- May 1. Labour Day, 勞動節.
- May 4. Literary Day, 文藝節.
- May 2nd Sunday. Mother's Day, 母親節.
- 5TH day of 5th lunar month. Dragon Boat Festival, 端午節.
- Jun 3. Anti-Opiates Movement (First Opium War 1839), 禁煙節.
- Aug 8. Father's Day, 父親節.
- 15TH day of 7th lunar month. Ghost Festival, 中元節.
- Sep 3. ROC (Taiwan) Armed Forces Day, 軍人節.
- Sep 28. Teachers' Day, Confucius' Birthday, 孔子誕辰紀念日.
- 15TH day of 8th lunar month. Mid-Autumn Festival ( Moon Festival), 中秋節.
- Oct 10. Nation Day (1911), 國慶日.
- Oct 21. Overseas-Mandarins' Day, 華僑節.
- Oct 25. Taiwan Returns Day (Japan leaves, 1945), 台灣光復節.
- Nov 12. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday, 國父誕辰紀念日.
- Dec Between 20-22. Winter Solstice, 冬至.
- Dec 25. Christmas. Constitution Day (1947), 行憲紀念日.
