Events:
- 2015 - Two F-18 jet fighters belonging to the United States Marine Corps Aviation landed at Tainan Air Force Base due to mechanical failure and underwent two days of repairs. This was the first time since the United States and the Republic of China severed diplomatic relations that a US fighter jet flew to Taiwan.
Births:
- 1940 - Ma Ju-Lung (馬如龍), Taiwanese actor.
- 1980 - Chi Chun-lin (紀俊麟), Taiwanese baseball player.
- 1984 - Wang Seng-wei (王勝偉), Taiwanese baseball player.
- 1993 - Grace Wu (吳采臻), Taiwanese female artist.
Deaths:
- 2012 - Chang Mei-Yao (張美瑤), Taiwanese actress. (Born in 1941)
- 2016 - Mei Kewang (梅可望), Taiwanese educator, former principal at Central Police University and Tunghai University.