- Mother's Day in Taiwan.
Events:
- 1999 - Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party ratifies the Resolution on Taiwan's Future at the eighth annual national assembly in Kaohsiung.
Births:
- 1977 - Lu Sze-Ming (路斯明), Taiwanese actor.
- 1991 - An Jun-Peng (安俊朋), Taiwanese actor.
Deaths:
- 1942 - Yoichi Hatta (八田與一), Japanese engineer, built Wushantou Dam and designed Chianan Irrigation, and was a great contributor to Taiwan's water conservation. Born in 1886)
- 1995 - Teresa Teng (鄧麗君), Taiwanese female singer. (Born in 1953)