- Events
- 1410 – In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
- 2001 – Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
- Births
- 1918 – Zhang Ruifang, Chinese actress (d. 2012)
- 1953 – Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party