- Events
- 1928 – The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
- 1989 – The People's Liberation Army violently cracked down on the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, leaving at least 241 dead and 7,000 wounded, and causing widespread international condemnation of the Chinese government.
- Births
- Deaths
- 1928 – Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)