- Events
- 1915 – Japanese 21 Demands Ultimatum to China (Commemorated as National Day of Humiliation)
- 1954 – Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory (the battle began on March 13).
- 1999 – Kosovo War: In Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
- 2002 – A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.