Events:
- 1988 - Locomotive drivers of Taiwan Railways Administration hold a big strike under the guise of a collective day off.
- 1991 - The Kuomintang officially ends 42 years of martial law (1949-1991).
Births:
- 1954 - Fang Fang (方芳), Taiwanese actor.
- 1974 - Vivian Chen (陳德容), Taiwanese actress.
- 1979 - Michelle Lin (林立雯), Taiwanese actor and presenter.
- 1980 - Charmaine Fong (方皓玟), Taiwanese singer.
- 1981 - Lin Ying-chieh (林英傑), Taiwanese baseball player.
- 1985 - Nikki Hsieh (謝欣穎), Taiwanese actress.
- 1985 - Du Mu (杜牧), Taiwanese singer.
Deaths:
- 2005 - Ni Min-jan (倪敏然), Taiwanese actor and comedian found hanging from a Jambu tree in Yilan County. (Born in 1946)