Events from the year 1966 in China.
Incumbents
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party — Mao Zedong President of China — Liu Shaoqi Premier of China — Zhou Enlai Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress — Zhu De Vice President of China — Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu Vice Premier of China — Lin Biao
Governors Governor of Anhui Province — Huang Yan Governor of Fujian Province — Wei Jinshui Governor of Gansu Province — Deng Baoshan Governor of Guangdong Province — Chen Yu Governor of Guizhou Province — Li Li Governor of Hebei Province — Liu Zihou Governor of Heilongjiang Province — Li Fanwu Governor of Henan Province — Wen Minsheng Governor of Hubei Province — Zhang Tixue Governor of Hunan Province — Cheng Qian Governor of Jiangsu Province — Hui Yuyu Governor of Jiangxi Province — Fang Zhichun Governor of Jilin Province — Li Youwen Governor of Liaoning Province — Huang Oudong Governor of Qinghai Province — Wang Zhao Governor of Shaanxi Province — Li Qiming (until April), Li Ruishan (starting April) Governor of Shandong Province — Bai Rubing Governor of Shanxi Province — Wang Qian Governor of Sichuan Province — Li Dazhang Governor of Yunnan Province — Zhou Xing Governor of Zhejiang Province — Zhou Jianren
Events
16 May Notification launches the Cultural Revolution Beginning of the Red Guards movement Third five-year plan In 1966, China transitioned from vacuum-tube computers to fully transistorized computers.
Births
January 25 — Gao Hongbo, football manager March 16 — Deng Qingming, taikonaut March 19 — Qin Gang, 12th Minister of Foreign Affairs May 22 — Wang Xiaoshuai, film director, screenwriter and occasional actor July 10 — Amy Yip, Hong Kong actress September 17 — Liu Boming, fighter pilot October 10 — Bai Ling, American actress and musician October 11 — Zhai Zhigang, taikonaut October 24 — Jing Haipeng, fighter pilot December 11 — Leon Lai, actor, film director, businessman and Cantopop singer
Deaths February 17 — Chen Shutong, politician, scholar and administrator who served in governments of the Qing dynasty, Republic of China and the People's Republic of China (b. 1876) March 22 — Ai Siqi, philosopher and author (b. 1910) May 18 — Deng Tuo, poet, intellectual and journalist (b. 1912) May 23 Demchugdongrub, Mongol prince (b. 1902) Tian Jiaying, personal secretary of Mao Zedong (b. 1922) July 12 — Liangqing, monk (b. 1895) August 4 — Cao Rulin, former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Beiyang government (b. 1877) August 24 Lao She, writer (b. 1899) Li Da, Chinese Marxist philosopher (b. 1890) August 31 — Huang Shaohong, general (b. 1895) September 3 Fu Lei, translator and critic (b. 1908) Chen Mengjia, scholar, poet, paleographer and archaeologist (b. 1911) September 10 — Yan Huizhu, opera singer (b. 1919) September 19 — Wan Xiaotang, politician (b. 1916) October 1 — Zhao Chengshou, nationalist general (b. 1891) October 11 — Sun Zhiyuan, politician (b. 1911) October 22 — Li Ming, banking and investing pioneer (b. 1887) November 11 — Yu Hongzheng, chemist (b. 1897) December 2 — Bai Chongxi, nationalist general (b. 1893) December 12 — Wu Yuzhang, politician and educator (b. 1878) December 16 — Ma Lianliang, Peking opera singer (b. 1901) December 26 — Zhou Xiaozhou, politician and communist revolutionary (b. 1912)
See also
1966 in Chinese film
References