Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Tamsui Beach Northern Taiwan Taiwan — July 16, 1966
Original historical summary
The original reference is retained below. Supplementary source details appear in the fact panel; protected facts and unresolved differences remain unchanged.
A historical reference describes an event at Tamsui Beach Northern Taiwan Taiwan in 1966-07-16. Recorded activity: Swimming. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Fatal.
Original reference details
- Location recorded in the historical reference: Tamsui Beach Northern Taiwan Taiwan.
- Date: 1966-07-16.
- Activity: Swimming.
- Classification: Unprovoked.
- Outcome: Fatal.
Source limitations and unresolved differences
- No shark species identification is supported by the retained evidence.
- This restoration uses a supplied historical summary citing the general GSAF incident log, not a case-level primary document. It has not been independently verified.
- The supplied source lists 1966-07-17; the existing reviewed date is retained pending case-level reconciliation.
Fact panel
- Date
- July 16, 1966
- Date precision
- Exact
- Location
- Tamsui Beach Northern Taiwan Taiwan
- Country
- Taiwan
- Activity
- Swimming
- Incident classification
- Unprovoked
- Area / state
- Northern Taiwan
- Person / vessel
- Yang Ching-Hui
- Age
- 20.0
- Sex
- M
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Species
- Unknown
- Species confidence
- Unknown
- Coordinate precision
- Unknown
Location context
Historical locations can be approximate. No coordinates have been assigned from the place name, and this record does not imply a map marker or a current risk estimate.
Incident location
Tamsui Beach, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan
The recorded area has not yet been matched reliably to the map.
Sources and verification
- Historical incident log (general reference) — Global Shark Attack FileSupports: General reference cited by the supplied historical summary; not independently checked against a case-level record.
- GSAF-derived structured public mirror (sascha-pst/bullish_on_sharks/global_shark_attacks.csv) — github.comSupports: Supplementary historical fields; existing reviewed facts retained
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-04.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.