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On February 28, 1947, february 28 incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the death of an estimated 18,000 - 28,000 civilians. Moses Blah, Jerzy Stuhr, James Woods would arrive in the same year.
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The February 28 incident was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan in 1947 that was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang–led Nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC). Directed by provincial governor Chen Yi and president Chiang Kai-shek, thousands of civilians were killed beginning on February 28. The incident is considered one of the most important events in Taiwan's modern history and was a critical impetus for the Taiwan independence movement.
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1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.
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1947 uprising in Taiwan
The February 28 incident was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan in 1947 that was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang–led Nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC). Directed by provincial governor Chen Yi and president Chiang Kai-shek, thousands of civilians were killed beginning on February 28. The incident is considered one of the most important events in Taiwan's modern history and was a critical impetus for the Taiwan independence movement.
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