asian and pacific island american heritage calendar

1998

January1998

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1

1969: Staff Sgt Rodney JamesTadashi Yano earns Medal ofHonor for heroism in Vietnamaction.

New Year’s Day

2

1936: California State PolytechnicUniv at Pomona President BobSuzuki born. 1966: Actress TiaCarrere born.

3

1943: California philanthropistGeorge Ow, Jr. born. 1985: BenGarrido Blaz starts 8 years asGuam delegate to US House ofRepresentatives.

41913: Yonosuke Enouye,Japanese graduate of US NavalAcademy Class of 1891, dies.1996: 16-year-old violinist SarahChang conducts New YorkPhilharmonic Orchestra

Independence Day (Burma)

51951: Philip Jaisohn, first Korean tobecome US citizen, dies at age86. 1963: Chinese HistoricalSociety of America founded inSan Francisco. 1966: “SailorMoon” voice actress Yuri Amanoborn.

61916: LTC Herbert Choy, US Army(ret.), first Asian American namedto a Federal court (US NinthCircuit Court, 1971), born.

71931: Narendra N. Gunaji, USCommissioner, InternationalBoundary and Water Commission,born. 1932: Jhoon Rhee, father ofAmerican Tae Kwan Do, born.1945: Rolling Stone foundingeditor Ben Fong-Torres born.

81926: Fashion designer HanaeMori born.

91901: First recorded Koreanimmigrant, Peter Ryu, arrives inHawaii. 1922: Har GobindKhorana, winner of 1968 NobelPrize in medicine born.

101945: Commodity Futures TradingCommission member (1988–93)Wendy Lee Gramm born.

11

1922: US Ninth Circuit Court JudgeThomas Tang born. 1949:Cornerstone for first majormosque in US laid in Washington,DC.

12

1949: Movie director WayneWang born.

13

1903: First large group of Koreansarrive in Hawaii to work on sugarplantations.

14

1967: Movie director Garrett Linnborn.

15

1872: 53 Japanese students arrivein US. 1905: San FranciscoChronicle praises prizefighter AhWing. 1950: Academy Awardnominee (1989) film producer A.Kitman Ho born.

16

1942: Sgt José Calugas earns Medal of Honor for heroism inPhilippines action.

17

1955: “Fairy Princess MonkeyMono” voice actress KoyamaMami born. 1987: Five SoutheastAsian American children killed, 30others wounded in Stockton, CAmassacre.

18

1944: Edward Bing Kan becomesfirst Chinese to be naturalizedafter repeal of Chinese ExclusionActs.

19

1969: San Diego Chargerlinebacker Tiaina “Junior” Seauborn. 1977: President Ford grantsfull pardon to Iva “Tokyo Rose”Toguri.Martin Luther King’s Birthday(Observed)

20

1962: Actress Sakiko Tamagawaborn.

21

1915: Fireman 2d Class Telesforode la Cruz Trinidad earns Medalof Honor in boiler explosion on USSSan Diego. 1922: Fifth ChineseDaughter author Jade SnowWong born.

22

1968: Olympic swimming recordholder (1912, 1920) and actorDuke P. Kahana-moku dies. 1985:Hawaii’s Kelly Hu wins MissTeenage USA title.

23

1950: Award-winning mechanicalengineer and educator Joseph K.Ting born.

24

1848: Discovery of gold bringstens of thousands of Chineseminers to California. 1985: Lt. Col. Ellison Shoji Onizuka, USAF, serveson first Department of Defensespace shuttle mission.

25

1935: Research scientist andGeorgetown University MedicalSchool professor ThazapadathSreevalsan born.

26

1960: Olympic diving goldmedalist (1984, 1988) GregLouganis born.

27

1934: The Frontiers of Loveauthor Diana Chang born 1936:Nobel Prize (1976) for physicswinner Samuel C.C. Ting born.

28

1943: New York City artist Li-lanborn. 1986: Astronaut Ellison ShojiOnizuka dies in Space ShuttleChallenger explosion.

Lunar New Year (Tet), Year of theTiger

29

1961: USAF Academydistinguished graduate (1982)Joginder Singh Dhillon born.

30

1948: Mahatma Gandhi,advocate of nonviolence andinspiration to US civil rightsleaders, assassinated in NewDelhi.

Australia Day (Australia)

31

1959: Tennis professional andeducator Ross Rikio Higa born.

1998

February1998


1

1933: David M. Valderama, firstFilipino American probate judgein US, born. 1933: Jazz saxophonistSadao Watanabe born. 1993:Anna Sui awarded Perry EllisAward for New Fashion Talent.

2

1848: Ship Eagle arrives in SanFrancisco with 2 Chinese men, 1Chinese woman. 1959: AratiPrabhakar, Director of USNational Institute of Standardsand Technology (appointed1993), born.

3

1959: “Pizzicato 5" rock musicianYasuharu Konishi born. 1961: Silentfilm star Anna May Wong dies.

4

1941: Elwood Liu, first ChineseAmerican appellate court judge,born. 1953: New Age musicianKitaro born. 1997: Movie producerStephen Chao featured at MiamiShowbiz Summit.

5

1917: New Federal law excludesimmigration to US from South andSoutheast Asia.1939: LillianGonzalez-Pardo, first AsianAmerican president of AmericanMedical Women’s Association,born.

6

1987: New York World TradeCenter architect MinoruYamasaki dies.

New Zealand Day (New Zealand)

7

1920: An Wang, inventor ofcomputer magnetic corememory, born.

8

1885: 944 official migrant laborersfrom Japan arrive in Hawaii. 1886:1 Chinese American killed in anti-Chinese riots in Seattle. 1892:Japan’s Koroku Katsu, graduateof US Naval Academy Class of1877, dies.

9

1931: Steven Ilsang Yoon, curatorof Founders’ Library, HowardUniversity, born.

10

1905: Korean Episcopal Churchfounded in Honolulu. 1931:Japanese American communityleader Karl Yoneda arrested inLos Angeles anti-hunger march.

11

1870: State legislature welcomesChinese immigrants to Colorado.1957: Tropical Classical authorPico Iyer born.

12

1864: Edward Day Cohota(Shanghai-area native) enlists inU.S. Army, serves under GeneralU.S. Grant. 1874: David Kalakaua,first reigning monarch to visit US,elected as king of Hawaii.

13

1908: Kokichi Mikimoto receivespatent for spherical pearl. 1954:Pulitzer Prize (1992) winningphotojournalist Paul Kuroda born.

14

1971: Pop singer Noriko Sakaiborn. 1989: Born on the Fourth ofJuly co-producer A. Kitman Ho,nominated for Academy Award.

15

1898: 7 Japanese and 1 Chinesedie in sinking of USS Maine. 1988:Motion picture Salaam Bombay!nominated for Academy Award.

16

1969: George B. Chan nominatedfor Academy Award as artdirector in Gaily, Gaily.

Presidents’ Day

17

1952: Pan American Games tabletennis gold medalist (1983, 1987)Insook Bhushan born. 1992: RuthPrawer Jhabvala’s screen playHoward’s End, nominated (laterwins) Academy Award.

18

1925: Luke Wing, first AsianAmerican elected to Seattle CityCouncil (1962), born (dies inplane crash, May 17, 1963). 1933:Musician Yoko Ono born.

Democracy Day (Nepal)

19

1942: US War Departmentauthorizes 1st Filipino InfantryBattalion from among FilipinoAmericans. 1942: PresidentRoosevelt signs Executive Order9066 providing for internment ofJapanese Americans.

20

1920: Willows, CA rice farmer KimChong-nim donates 3 airplanesfor new School of Aviation. 1943:1,200 Filipinos serving in US ArmedForces granted citizenship.

21

1927: US Supreme Court rulesHawaii’s anti-Japaneseeducation laws unconstitutional.1941: Business executive Lilia C.Clemente born. 1994: Communityactivist Yuri Kochiyama dies.

22

1910: Sculptor George Tsutakawaborn. 1963: Minor league catcherDon Wakamatsu born. 1971:Actress Lea Salonga born. 1972:Tennis star Michael Chang born.

23

1942: Japanese Americans joinnon-combat engineers auxiliary inHawaii. 1990: Classi-cal pianistMitsuko Uchida debuts atCarnegie Hall.

24

1943: Major General John R.D’Araujo, Jr., Director of ArmyNational Guard Bureau, born.Grace Ma wins Miss ChinatownUSA crown, 1996.

25

1940: Aiiieee! Author Frank Chinborn.

Ash Wednesday

26

1930: Los Angeles Superior Courtruling invalidates more than 100Filipino American marriagesperformed since 1921. 1942:Author, women’s activist, anduniversity professor Elaine H. Kimborn.

27

1960: Eat a Bowl of Tea authorLouis Chu dies.

28

1923: Gyo Obata, architect ofNational Air and Space Museum,born. 1940: Fashion designerKenzo born. 1962: Actress RaeDawn Chong born. 1978: TheGood Earth actor Philip Ahn diesat age 77.

1998

March1998


1

1920: US exclusionists winconcession from Japanese to nolonger issue passports to photobrides. 1979: Association for AsianAmerican Studies established.

2

1908: John Yehall Chin, firstChinese Ameri-can electedpublic official and member of firstUS Civil Rights Commission, born.1942: Julia Chang Bloch, firstAsian Ameri-can appointed as anambassador (Nepal, 1989), born.

3

1972: First Japanese company inCalifornia, Kyocera America,starts semiconductormanufacturing operations in SanDiego.

4

1951: Dictee author Theresa HakKyung Cha born.

5

1945: Assistant Surgeon GeneralKenneth P. Moritsugu born. 1994:Japanese American InternmentMemorial dedicated at FederalBuilding in San Jose, CA.

6

1944: Opera singer and actressKiri Te Kanawa born.

7

1952: Swami Paramahansa Yoga-nanda, founder of Church of Allthe Worlds in the US, dies. 1967:WNBA Los Angeles Sparks centerZheng Haixia born.

8

1951: World Culinary Olympicgold medal winner (1984, 1988)Keijiro Miyata born

9

1950: Giants baseball managerand coach WendallKealohapauloe Kim born.

10

1880: Chinese laborers, layingmore than 1 mile of SouthernPacific track a day, reach Tucson,AZ. 1961: San Francisco 49ersoffensive lineman Jesse Sapoluborn.

11

1912: US Supreme Court rulesagainst admission to US of US-bornTang Tun. 1996: Native Speakerauthor Chang-rae Lee wins 1995Barnes & Noble Discover GreatNew Writers Award.

12

1926: George Ryoichi Ariyoshi,third governor of Hawaii (1974–86), born. “Pizzicato 5" rocksinger Maki Nomiya born (year isa secret).

13

1937: Fofo Iosefa Fiti Sunia, firstdelegate of American Samoa inUS House of Representa-tives(1981–88), born. 1947: Anna andthe King of Siam wins AcademyAward.

14

1907: President Roosevelt signsexecutive order stopping importof Japanese laborers from Hawaiiand Mexico. 1961: Pro race driverHiro Matsushita born. 1968: A.Magazine publisher Jeff Yangborn.

15

1919: Korean Americans holdrally to support Koreanindependence.

16

1906: Earthquake destroys SanFrancisco Chinatown. 1906:Hawaiian sugarcane companiesbegin recruiting workers fromPhilippines.

17

1894: US-China treaty allowsChinese Americans with valid USresidency certifi-cates to return toUS. 1980: US Congress passesRefugee Act, facilitatesimmigration to US of evacueesfrom Southeast Asia.

18

1938: Actor Shashi Kapoor born.

19

1989: New York Times reviewpraises Amy Tan’s first book, TheJoy Luck Club, which begins 7months on best seller list.

20

1910: Yokohama, Californiaauthor Toshio Mori born. 1969:Corporal Terry Teruo Kawamuraearns Medal of Honor savinglives of others in Vietnam.

New Years (Afghanistan)

21

1940: Japan American CitizensLeague pledges loyalty to US1960: Noted neurosurgeon andNational Science FoundationFellow Edward Anthony Lachicaborn.

22

1911: Novelist and short-storywriter Bievenido N. Santos born.

23

1928: Economist Kang Chao born.

Pakistan Day (Pakistan)

24

1934: Tydings-McDuffie Actrestricts Filipino immigration to USto 50 persons a year. 1997: JessicaYu wins Academy Award for bestachievement in documentaryshort subject.

25

1985: Haing S. Ngor winsAcademy Award for role in TheKilling Fields. 1991: ChristianScience Monitor review praisesTypical American author Gish Jen(b. 1955).

26

1871: Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole,delegate of Territory of Hawaii inUS Congress (1903-22), born. 1976:Lin Yutang, author of popular USbooks about China, dies. Independence Day(Bangladesh)

27

1912: Cherry trees, gift of theJapanese government, plantedat Washington, DC Tidal Basin.1945: Tampopo actress NokuboMiyamoto born. 1957: SpecialCounsel, US Department ofJustice William Ho-González born.

28

1835: Chinese laborers reportedworking in Hawaiian sugar mill.

29

1922: March Fong Eu, USAmbassador to Micronesia, born.1992: Academy Award winnersinclude Eiko Ishioka (costumedesign) and Doug Chiang (visualeffects).

30

1853: California places specialtaxes on Chinese and otherforeign miners. 1932: ReginaldC.S. Ho, first Hawaiian to headAmerican Cancer Society, born.

31

1911: Award-winning watercolorartist Dong Moy Shu Kingmanborn. 1997: Frank Cho’s “LibertyMeadows” comic strip debutsnationally.

1998

April1998

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY1

1 1920: Award-winning actor To-shiro Mifune born.

2

1954: Anthony A. Dao, ExecutiveSecretary, US Department ofCommerce, born. 1977: EastCoast Asian Student Unionestablished at Yale University.

3

1929: Girl Named Tamika actressMiyoshi Umeki born. 1971:Richard Chew wins AcademyAward as Star Wars film editor.

4

1906: Report shows 6,908 Koreansliving in Hawaii.

Ching Ming Festival (China)

5

1941: Actress and director TisaChang born. 1945: PFC Sadao S.Munemori, 442d RegimentalCombat Team, earns Medal ofHonor while saving lives of othersin Italy.

6

1943: Psychologist and authorStephen S. Fugita born.

7

1920: Sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankarborn. 1954: Actor Jackie Chanborn. 1967: Pittsburgh Penguinsdefensive player Jim Paek born.

8

1990: Spark Masayuki Matsunaga,US Representative and Senatorfrom Hawaii (1963–1990), dies.

9

1929: Nationally recognized painmanage-ment specialist Ki HoKim born. 1972: LTC Gero Iwai, USArmy (ret.) earliest and mostsenior Japanese American toserve in mili-tary intelligence,dies.

10

1941: Illinois chemical industryexecutive Manuel Emulson Belbisborn.

Passover begins Good Friday

11

1987: Ryuichi Sakamoto and CongSu share Academy Award formusic in The Last Emperor. 1991:Fashion designer Anna Sui puts onfirst New York runway show.

12

1847: Yung Wing, naturalized UScitizen (1852) and first Chinesegraduate of Yale University(1854), arrives in New York. 1939:Asian American studies scholarRonald Takaki born.Easter

13

1979: Monica Ivey, Miss HawaiiTeen USA 1996, born.New Years (Song Kram— Thai-land; Boun Pimai —Laos;Baisakh—India)

14

1919: Three-day Korean LibertyCongress opens in Philadelphia.1945: Computer softwaredeveloper K.V. Kumar born.

15

1980: In Villa Park, CA, CarolKawanami elected first JapaneseAmerican mayor of US city.

New Years (Bangladesh)

16

1975: Attack on Phnom Penh byrebel forces starts mass migrationof Cambodians to US and othercountries.

17

1900: US flag raised over Samoafor the first time. 1952: CaliforniaSupreme Court finds Alien LandLaw of 1913, which forbadepeople ineligible for citizenship toown land, unconstitutional.

18

1925: First Chinese-run hospital inUS opens in San Francisco.

19

1989: Chicago Tribune reportscartoonist, novelist, andplaywright Lynda Barry (b. 1956)wrote most of The Good TimesAre Killing Me in one week

20

1940: “Star Trek” actor GeorgeTakei born.

21

1935: Chuan-tau Edward Lan,cited by NASA for outstandingachievements in aerospaceengineering, born.

22

1854: Golden Hill News, firstcommercial Chinese-languagenewspaper in California, beginspublication. 1940: First all-Chineseradio program broadcast, SanFrancisco. 1942: 1st FilipinoInfantry Battalion activated.

23

1944: Educator and treasurer ofJapanese American NationalLibrary Ben Kobashigawa born.1960: International award-winningarchitect Edwin T. Chan born.

24

1953: Legal activist Hoyt Zia born.1997: Karen Ishizuka, curator ofJapanese American NationalMuseum named to National FilmPreservation Board.

25

1951: Corporal Hiroshi H. Miya-mura earns Medal of Honor inKorea action. 1961: Writer,political analyst, and ReaganAdministration appointee DineshD’Souza born.

26

1858: State law prevents Chineseand Mongolian immigration toCalifornia. 1917: Architect I.M. Peiborn. 1961: Actress Joan Chenborn.

27

1921: Short-story writer HisayeYamamoto born. 1970: WNBAPhoenix Mercury guard MikikoHagiwara born. 1995: Maya Lin: AStrong Clear Vision winsAcademy Award for bestdocumentary feature.

28

1860: First Japanese envoy to USreceived by President Buchanan.1869: Chinese laborers lay 10miles of Central Pacific Railroadtrack in one day.

Muharram begins

29

1902: Chinese Exclusion Actextended for 10 more years. 1933:Anagarika Dharmapala, keyfounder of Buddhism in US, dies.1936: Orchestra conductor ZubinMehta born.

30

1893: Columbian exhibition opensin Chicago, Japan’s “PhoenixVilla” attracts special attentionamong American archi-tects.1900: Territorial government ofHawaii established.

1998

May1998


1

1898: Japanese Americans serveon US warships in Battle of ManilaBay. 1997: Tamagocchi “virtualpets” enter US market-place.Asian Pacific American HeritageMonth begins (since 1990)

2

1964: “Teenage Mutant NinjaTurtle” voice actor (Leonardo)Brian Tochi born.

Constitution Day (Japan)

3

1993: President Clinton praisescontri-butions of Asian Americansin US Govern-ment at AsianPacific Islander American Monthceremony at White House.

4

1978: President Carter proclaimsfirst Asian Pacific AmericanHeritage Week.

5

1892: Chinese Exclusion Actextended for 10 years. 1940:Electrical engineer and inven-torTatsuo Itoh born.

Children’s Day (Japan andKorea)

6

1882: First Chinese Exclusion Actpassed by US Congress. 1944:Giants’ pitcher MasanoriMurakami born.

Bataan Day (Philippines)

7

1843: Nakahama Manjiro (akaJohn Mung) rescued by US ship,later arrives as first Japanese in US1973: Huynh Cong Ut wins PulitzerPrize for photography.

8

1970: Marion Lacadia Oberaappointed first Filipino Americanappellate judge in Los Angeles.

Buddha’s Birthday

9

1947: Fashion designer Josie CruzNatori born.

10

1868: Transcontinental railroad,with western leg built by 10,000Chinese American laborers,completed. 1949: Author andhumanitarian Le Ly Hayslip born.

11

1994: The Crow, starring the lateBrandon Lee, opens in New Yorkand Los Angeles.

12

1949: Shrimati Vijaya LakshmiPandit of India, first womanaccredited as an ambassador toUS

13

1946: Community activist andHonolulu City Council member(1983–84) Leigh-wai Doo born.

14

1905: Asiatic Exclusion Leagueestablished in San Francisco.

15

1957: Entertainment executiveTeddy Zee born. 1978: Olympicsilver medal (1996) gymnast AmyChow born. 1997: Renee Tajima-Peña’s My America... or Honk ifYou Love Buddha premieres in LosAngeles.

16

1908: Paramahansa Muktananda,popularizer of Siddhe Yoga in US,born. 1997: Miss USA, BrookMehealani Lee of Hawaii, winsMiss Universe title.

Armed Forces Day

17

1945: Shigatsu Sasaki, founder ofZen Institute of America (1928),dies.

18

1942: Joy Cherian, US EqualEmployment OpportunityCommission member (1987–93),born.

19

1939: The World of Suzie Wong actress Nancy Kwan born. 1946:John D. Waihee, first Hawaiian-ancestry governor of Hawaii,born. 1952: Yoshio Shirai winsworld flyweight boxing title.

20

1953: US Coast Guard Academygraduate and USCG CommanderClyde Kazuto Watanabe born.

21

1986: Asian garment workers rallyin Boston for training benefits.

22

1882: US-Korean treaty allowsKoreans to immigrate to US. 1917:Mikasa dinnerware founderGeorge Aratani born.

23

1908: Korean Women’sAssociation established in SanFrancisco. 1975: US Congressexpands legal definition of“refugee” to include persons fromCambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

241975: US Congress passesIndochina Migration & RefugeeAssistance Act.

311987: Hoang Nhu Tranvaledictorian of US Air ForceAcademy.

25

1925: US Supreme Court rulesToyota Hidemitsu ineligible forcitizenship despite USCG service.1935: General Motors vicepresident Shirley Young born.

Memorial Day (observed)

26

1924: President Coolidge signsNational Origins Act banningimmigration of Asian laborers(except Filipinos). 1958: Invest-ment banker Vincent Perez, Jr.,born.

27

1869: First Japanese immigrants toUS arrive in California. 1996:18,000-square- foot Hindu-Jaintemple opens in Getzville, NY

28

1930: Patricia Fukura Saiki, firstRepublican Party member torepresent Hawaii in US House ofRepresentatives (1987–91), born.

29

1926: Jai Hyon Lee, award-winning educator and journalistborn.

30

1951: The River of Heaven authorand The Open Boat editor GarrettKaoru Hongo born.

1998

June1998


1

1942: US Military IntelligenceService Language School addsmore Japanese Americaninstructors. 1993: Connie Chungfirst Asian American anchor onmajor network evening news.National Day (Western Samoa)

2

1991: Lea Salonga wins TonyAward as Best Actress in musical“Miss Saigon.” 1997: Peter Youngappointed Chief of CatalogingDistribution Service, Library ofCongress.

3

1925: Florida horticulturist Lue GimGong, for whom the Lue GimGong orange is named and whowas the subject of Ruth-anne LumMcCunn’s novel Wooden FishSongs, dies.

4

1883: Anandibai Joshee, firstIndian woman to earn MD fromUS graduates from medicalschool. Dragon Boat Festival(Hong Kong and Taiwan) NationalDay (Tonga)

5

1832: Hawaiian feminist Kaahu-manu dies. 1952: Jo Ann Sakato,noted career FBI recruiter, born.

6

1955: America Tang, fencingcompany executive and LosAngeles Top 100 Women-OwnedBusiness awardee, born. 1956:Asian American women’s activistJune Chan born.

7

1904: Kiro Kunitomo, Japanesegraduate of US Naval AcademyClass of 1877, dies. 1981: Willa Kimwins Tony Award for Best CostumeDesign.

8

1954: New York Yankees infielderLenn Sakata born. 1989: MichaelChang, at age 17, youngestplayer ever to reach finals ofFrench Open tennis tournament.

9

1880: US Circuit Court in Californiarules in favor of fisherman AhChong who, as non-voter, hadbeen denied access to hisoccupation.

10

1893: Japanese Americanchildren forced to attendsegregated Chinese schools inSan Francisco. 1936: ChineseWomen’s Associ-ationincorporated in New York City.

11

1909: Wen Ying-hsing and ChenTing-chia graduate as foreignstudents from US MilitaryAcademy. 1962: Actor ToshihikoSeki born.

12

1898: Philippines declaresindependence from Spain. 1953:Meatless Days author Sara Suleriborn.

13

1870: First large group of Chineselaborers arrives in North Adams,MA to work in shoe factories.

14

1900: Contractor-labor systemabolished in Hawaii leading tostrikes among Japanese workers.1948: Children’s literature authorLaurence M. Yep born. 1949: NewEngland Patriots tackle Eugene Y.Chung born.

15

1899: American PomologicalSociety places Bing Cherry(named for Oregon horti-culturalist Ah Bing in 1875) asapproved new variety of fruit in itsCatalogue of Fruits published bythe US Department of Agriculture.

16

1940: Space shuttle payloadspecialist and microgravityscientist Taylor G. Wang born.1953: Washington, DC radioproducer Theo-Dric Feng born.

17

1981: Hmong refugees holdconference in St. Paul, MN onresettlement issue.

18

1923: Filipino boxer FranciscoGuilledo becomes worldflyweight champion.

19

1868: First Japanese contractlaborers ar-rive in Hawaii. 1941:Writer Connie Young Yu born.

20

1952: A Suitable Boy authorVikram Seth born. 1959: ActorChester Gan dies.

21

1861: Chinese American JohnTomney joins New York Infantry,later dies of wounds at Battle ofGettysburg (1863). 1943: USSupreme Court rules curfew lawimposed on Japanese Americansis constitutional.

22

1959: Federal CommunicationsCommission chairperson RachelleB. Chong born. 1982: Detroitresident Vincent Chin beaten todeath by unemployed assailantswho assumed he was Japanese.

23

1965: 3 Ninjas Kick Back actorKatsumi Honda born.

24

1905: Political exile Kang Youweivisits President Roosevelt in WhiteHouse in effort to easeenforcement of the ChineseExclu-sion Laws.

25

1896: First Hawaiian sumotournament held. 1938: K.Elizabeth Ohi, first Japanesewoman to obtain JD degree fromUS university, graduates. 1946:Displaced Persons Act adjustslegal status of 15,000 Chinese in

26

1944: All-Japanese American442d Regimental Combat Teambegins first of five majorcampaigns in Europe. 1949: SanFrancisco police chief ofinspectors Fred H. Lau born.

27

1930: Olympic gold medal (1952) weight lifter Tomia “Tommy” T.Kono born.

28

1933: Karate Kid actor Noriyuki“Pat” Morita born.

29

1863: Hong Neok Woo joinsPennsylvania Volunteer Militia,serves in Civil War. 1946: USCongress passes G.I. FiancéesAct, enabling women or menengaged to US service personnelto immigrate to US.

30

1858: Joseph Heco first Japanesegranted US citizenship, inBaltimore. 1973: Los AngelesDodgers pitcher Chan Ho Parkborn. 1974: Miss Virginia (1996)Michelle Kang born.

1998

July1998


1

1904: In the 18 months after thisdate, 13,803 Asian contractlaborers emigrate from Hawaii toUS mainland.

2

1946: President Truman signs lawallowing immigration from India.1948: also signs JapaneseEvacuation Claims Act. 1956:Award-winning novelist and short-story writer Cynthia LynnKadohata born.

3

1915: White House photographerYoichi R. Okamoto born. 1943: 1stFilipino Infantry Battalion sent toPacific Theater.

4

1902: Swami Vivekananda,founder of Vedanta Society in US,dies. 1946: Philippines gainsindependence from US.

Philippines-America FriendshipDay; Independence Day (USA)

5

1882: Hazrat Inayat Khan,introducer of Sufism in US, born.1884: US Congress passes lawplacing new restrictions onChinese immigration and Chineseresidents in US. 1923: Poet MitsuyeYamada born.

6

1890: Award-winning children’sfiction writer Dhan Goyal Mukerjiborn. 1957: Hmong communityactivist Christopher Teng Thaoborn.Birthdays of Prophet Mohammed& Dalai Lama

7

1940: Tiger’s Daughter authorBharati Mukherjee born. 1953:Judy Chu, city council memberand former mayor of MontereyPark, CA, born. 1980: MichelleKwan, 1994 Goodwill Gamessilver medalist, born.

8

1947: DuPont senior researchchemist and patent holder JohnHaetak Choi born.

9

1960: San Francisco Chronicledeputy city editor Michael Yama-moto Toru born.

10

1847: New York Herald reportsarrival of 35 Chinese. 1961:Cantopop star Jacky Cheung Hok Yau born. 1997: Hideki Irabudebuts as New York Yankeespitcher.

11

1920: Taidje Kahn (aka YulBrynner) born.

National Day (Mongolia)

12

1946: New Federal law allowsFilipinos to become US citizens.1971: Olympic gold medal (1992)figure skater Kristi Yamaguchiborn. 1976: Academy Award(1955) cinematographer JamesWong Howe dies.

13

1948: Robert Anacietus Under-wood, delegate from Guam to USHouse of Representatives (1993–present), born. 1956: Producerand film maker Janet Yang born.

14

1984: Hee Baek wins women’ssingles final of US TennisAssociation’s national amateurchampionship.

15

1904: First Buddhist (Shinshu Sect)temple in US established in LosAngeles. 1946: 442d RegimentalCombat Team awarded Presi-dential Distinguished Unit citationin Washington, DC.

16

1928: Isauro Gabaldon resigns asResident Commissioner to USCongress after nomi-nation toPhilippines House of Representa-tives.

17

1960: Mortal Kombat star RobinShou born. 1968: NCAA fencingchampion (1991) Mark Oshimaborn. 1989: Writer and artist DayalKaur Khalsa dies.

18

1906: US Senator (1976-82) SamuelIchiye Hayakawa born. 1940: ABCbroadcast journalist KenKashiwahara born.

19

1921: Armed mob drivesJapanese American farm workersout of Turlock, CA. 1993: WorldWar II hero Sgt Roy H. Matsumotoinducted into US Army RangerHall of Fame. Independence Day(Laos)

20

1973: Kungfu actor Bruce Leedies.

21

1953: US National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administrationgeophysicist Ngar-Chueng Lauborn.

22

1850: Chinese American groupsmarch in President ZacharyTaylor’s “grand funeral pageant”in New York City and SanFrancisco.

23

1863: William Ah Hang enlists in USNavy during Civil War. 1996: AmyChow wins Olympic gold medalfor team performance and silvermedal for uneven parallel bars, Atlanta.

24

1935: University of California atBerkeley Chancellor Chang-LinTien born.

25

1878: First Chinese ambassador toUS, Chen Lanbin arrives in SanFrancisco. 1951: Spokane bankerPhyliss Takisaki Campbell born.

26

1961: Jazz composer andmusician Keiko Matsui born. 1966:Honolulu photographer-writerJenni Meili Lau born.

27

1863: Chinese American AntonioDardelle completes 9-monthenlistment with Connec-ticutVolunteer Infantry during CivilWar. 1940: Bharati Mukherjee,author of The Middleman andOther Stories, born.

28

1940: Fashion designer Tamotsuborn. 1959: Daniel Ken Inouyeelected as first JapaneseAmerican in US House ofRepresentatives (1959–63), laterbecomes US Senator.

29

1870: San Francisco’s Cubic AirOrdinance makes numerousChinatown dwellings illegal. 1953:Performance artist Brenda WongAoki born.

30

1975: The Joy Luck Club actressIrene Sze Ng born.

Independence Day (Vanuatu)

31

1868: Burlingame-Seward Treatyallows free immigration betweenChina and US.

1998

August1998

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY1

1 1920: Olympic gold medal (1948,1952) high board diver SammyLee born. 1938: American Bratauthor Bapsi Sidha born.

2

1916: Artist Alfonso Ossorio born.1950: Los Angeles Superior CourtJudge Lance A. Ito born.

3

1977: San Francisco citizens rallyto protest eviction of elderlyFilipino residents of InternationalHotel.

4

1933: Frank F.C. Tung, DeputyDirector, US Volpe NationalTransportation Systems Center,born. 1956: Angel Cop actressMika Doi born.

5

1940: Los Angeles Rams andPhiladelphia Eagles quarter-backRoman Gabriel born.

6

1942: US Army senior medicallaboratory technician GeorgeAkio Miura born.

7

1977: “Kids Incorporated” actressConnie Kwan Lew born.

8

1946: China Boy author Gus Leeborn.

9

1785: Ship Pallas arrives inBaltimore with 32 East Indians and3 Chinese, first recorded instanceof Chinese in US. 1932: New Yorker cartoonist, illustrator, and authorJosé Aruego born.National Day (Singapore)

10

1988: President Reagan signs newJapanese American internmentcompensation law.

11

1898: US annexes Hawaii. 1941: M.Butterfly author David HenryHwang born. 1943: All-JapaneseAmerican 442d RegimentalCombat Team departs for Europe.

12

1941: Brigadier General DavidEarl Kaleokaika Cooper, US Army,born. 1955: Gish Jen, author ofTypical American, born.

13

1937: S.B. Woo, elected Lieu-tenant Governor of Delaware(1984)—first Asian American to beelected to this level of stategovernment, born

14

1952: Medal of Honor for SgtLeRoy A. Mendoca posthumouslypresented in recognition of his“conspicuous gallantry” inrepulsing the enemy at cost of hislife on July 4, 1951 in Chichon,Korea.

15

1943: Eni F.H. Faleomavaega,American Samoan delegate to USHouse of Represen-tatives since1989, born. 1966: Chargersoffensive lineman Leo Goeasborn. Independence Day (India &Pakistan)

16

1829: Siamese twins Chang andEng arrive in Boston. 1975: USOlympic fencing team alternateFelicia Zimmerman born.

17

1968: San Francisco Chinatownprotesters cite 80% poverty rateand highest suicide and TB ratesin US.

Independence Day (Indonesia)

18

1941: Congressman John Dingellsuggests incarcerating 10,000Japanese Americans toencourage “good behavior” onpart of Japan.

19

1944: Computer softwaredeveloper Charles B. Wang born.1960: Mets and A’s pitcher RonDarling born. 1945: Major GeneralEugene S. Imai, DeputyCommander, Army PacificNational Guard Bureau, born.

20

1904: Sociologist Rose Hum Leeborn. 1946: Television journalistConnie Chung born.

21

1959: Hawaii becomes 50th state.1974: Kirpal Singh, founder ofRuhani Satsang Church in US(1955), dies.

22

1933: Internationally recognizedgeologist and educator ManikTalwani born.

231921: Writer Hisaye Yamamotoborn. 1962: Fashion designer HanFeng born.

30

1909: Japan announces gift of2,000 cherry trees for Wash., D.C.

24

1959: Hiram Fong sworn in as firstAsian American in US Senate.

31

1968: Dodgers pitcher HideoNomo born.Independence Day (Malaysia)

25

1939: Movie producer SumiSevilla Haru born. 1960: Rap artistand radio show host Scott SeiyaShimamoto born.

26

1992: Former Peace CorpsDirector (1991–92) Elaine L. Chaonamed president of United Wayof America.

27

1928: Aerospace scientist SajjadHaidar Durrani born.

28

1937: Grandfather’s Journeyauthor Allen Say born. 1960:Space Shuttle mission specialistLeroy Chiao born. 1993: Japanese“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”series launched on US television.

29

1941: Korean flag raised over LosAngeles City Hall in honor ofKorean American “Tiger Brigade”unit of California National Guard.1957: Dennis A. Yao, US FederalTrade Commission member(appointed 1991), born.

1998

September1998


11920: Bantam weight pro boxerGeorge Lee hailed bySacramento Bee. 1935: SeijiOzawa, first Asian to conductmajor US symphony orchestra,born. 1966: USMC artillery CaptainDaniel Craig Wong born.

21885: Mob kills 28 Chinese anddrives rest out of Rock Springs,WY. 1899: Buddhist Churches ofAmerica established. 1915:Hawaiian Chinese composer Dai-Keong Lee born. IndependenceDay (Vietnam)

31926: Actor Arun “Uttam Kumar”Chatterjee born.

41781: Antonio “Chino” Rodriquezamong founders of Los Angeles.1943: 442d Regimental CombatTeam lands at Salerno, Italy, morethan 1,000 Purple Heartseventually earned.

51926: Linda Tsao Yang, firstminority and first woman to serveas commissioner of CaliforniaSavings and Loan, born. 1956:Army Special Forces and militaryphysician Paul Steven Changborn.

6

1939: Winner of 1987 Nobel Prizefor physiology Susumu Tonegawaborn. 1995: A. Magazine co-founder Phoebe Eng attends 4thWorld Conference on Women inBeijing.

7

1924: Daniel Ken Inouye, firstJapanese American elected toUS Senate, born.

Labor Day

8

1955: Asian American communityactivist and member ofPresident’s Advisory Board onRace Relations Angela Eunjin Ohborn.

9

1924: 16 sugar plantation workerskilled in attack on unionheadquarters in Hanaoeo, HI.

10

1994: New version of “Sukiyaki,”later No. 1 on Billboard charts,debuts. 1997: Kumar Barve,member of Maryland House ofDele-gates and senior electedIndian American, selected to represent US at Mother Teresa’s

11

1956: Power of the People authorCarlos Bulosan dies. 1995: Japan’s“Sailor Moon” series premieres onAmerican television.

12

1934: Major General John LiuFugh, first Chinese American toobtain general officer rank in USArmy, born. 1957: MetropolitanOpera singer Haijing Fu born.

13

1888: US Congress passes lawprohibiting immigration ofChinese laborers for 20 years.1948: Battle of Midway actorClyde Kusatsu born.

14

1948: National Women’s PoliticalCaucus chair Irene Natividadborn. 1950: Space Shuttleastronaut Eugene Huu-Chau Trinhborn.

15

1948: New York City artist Bing Leeborn.

16

1911: Indian independenceactivist Khrishnalal Shridhoranuborn. 1927: Abe Lee, GoldenGloves and National AAU cham-pion boxer, and later US Navyveteran, born. IndependenceDay (Papua-New Guinea)

17

1941: US Congressman RobertTakeo Matsui (CA, since 1979)born. 1942: Chicago World TradeCenter President Ross MasaoHarano born. 1954: AcademyAward nominee (1988) producerChristine Choy born.

18

1995: American Knees authorShawn Wong reads highly praisednovel at Elliott Bay BookCompany. 1997: Design conceptfor National Japanese AmericanMemorial in Washington, DCunveiled.

19

1923: US Supreme Court declaresAsian Indians ineligible for UScitizenship. 1941: US District Court(CA) Judge Ronald S.W. Lewborn.

20

1899: Dalip Singh Saund, firstAsian American to serve in USCongress (in House ofRepresentatives, 1957–63), born.1993: Variety praises John Lone’sacting in M. Butterfly.Rosh Hashanah begins

21

1908: Children’s book illustratorJun Atsushi Iwamatsu born. 1909:Fung Joe Guey makes 20-minute,half-mile flight in airplane of ownconstruction in Oakland, CA; firstsuch flight on west coast.

22

1922: Winner of 1957 Nobel Prizefor physics Chen Ning Yang born.1923: US Congress passes CableAct revoking US citizenship ofwomen married to aliensineligible for naturalization.

23

1883: Korea’s Prince Min Yong-ikarrives in San Francisco, laterstays to study in US. 1994: Aimee E.Liu’s book Face published.

24

1911: Private José B. Nisperosearns Medal of Honor for heroismin Philippines.

25

1944: Doris O. Matsui, WhiteHouse Deputy Director of PublicLiaison, born. 1971: JapaneseAmerican Citizens League winsfight to repeal EmergencyDetention Act of 1950.

26

1934: Farewell to Manzanarauthor Jeanne Wakatsuki Houstonborn.

27

1922: Benjamin Menor, first Filipinoto serve in US legislature(Hawaiian State Senate, 1962–66)born. 1942: Dith Pran, subject of1984 movie The Killing Fields,born. 1968: World championshipfencer Marty Yu born.

28

1972: National Organization of USFilipino American Citizensestablished in Seattle.

Yom Kippur begins

29

1814: Bunjiro Kawate, founder ofKonkoyo Buddhism, introduced inUS in 1919, born.

30

1975: Hirohito becomes firstJapanese emperor to visit US.

1998

October1998


11888: US Congress passes lawprohibiting reentry of Chineselaborers who return to China forvisit. 1988: Japanese AmericanExhibit opens at SmithsonianInstitution.

National Day (China)

21946: Artist Ping Chong born.

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday(1869)

31930: Broadway set designerMing Cho Lee born. 1965:President Johnson signs newimmigration law enabling largenumbers of Asians to come to US.1967: Olympic (1984) 4th placefigure skater Tiffany Chin born.

4

1936: Tony Lam, first VietnameseAmerican to be elected to publicoffice (Westminster, CA CityCouncil, 1992), born.

5

1948: Retired Microsoft VicePresident Scott D. Oki born. 1959:Vietnam Veterans Memorialdesigner Maya Ying Lin born.

6

1943: Col. Stephen Susumu Fugita,USAR, nationally recognizedpsychologist and award winningauthor, born. 1996: AsianAmerican-content orientedChannel A debuts on Internet.

7

1947: Mazda automotivedesigner Tom Matano born. 1948:Civil rights activist Irene YasutakeHirano born. 1951: Michael Woo,first Asian American on LosAngeles City Council (1985) born.1955: Cellist Yo-yo Ma born.

8

1870: Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, majorpopularizer of Buddhism in US,born. 1958: Attorney-activistUrvashi Vaid born.

9

1938: “Benihaha” restaurantfounder (1964) Hiroaki “Rocky”Aoki born. 1942: Computersoftware industry executivePauline Lo Alker born. 1955:Humorist Emil Guillermo born.

10

1874: Early Florida land developerJo Kamosu Sakai born. 1928:Medal of Honor winner PFCHerbert K. Pililaau born, made“gallant self-sacrifice” in KoreanWar (1951). National Day (Taiwanand Fiji)

11

1906: San Francisco Board ofEducation establishes segregatedschools for Asian Americanchildren. 1994: Frederick Pangsworn in as Assistant Secretary ofDefense for Force ManagementPolicy.

12

1949: Washington, D.C. journalistK.K. Kawakami dies. 1962: Philliespitcher Sid Fernandez born.

Columbus Day

13

1946: Asian American BarAssociation founder Dale Minamiborn. 1948: “Gaw-wali” singerNusrat Fateh Ali Khan born (died1997).

14

1914: Takao Ozawa filesapplication for US citizenship,later denied by US SupremeCourt.

15

1906: Hiram Fong, first AsianAmerican elected to US Senate(1959–77), born. 1946: ActorVictor Banerjee born. 1997:Stanford University professorSteven Chu wins Nobel Prize forphysics.

16

1875: Hawaiian Princess Kaiulaniborn. 1987: Asian AmericanDemocrats hold first NationalConvention.

17

1936: Cal Tech seismologist andCalifornia Scientist of the Year(1993) Hiroo Kanammori born.

18

1852: First Chinese theatricalperformance in US opens in SanFrancisco. 1945: Dog Soldier actor Norio Wakamoto born.

19

1973: First “Pachinko Palace” inUS opens in San Francisco. 1983:Astrophysicist SubrahmanyanChandra Sekhar wins Nobel Prizefor physics.

20

1990: 25th anniversary festival ofHawaiian Foundation on Cultureand the Arts.

21

1947: Prize-winning narrative poetAi (Florence Anthony) born.

Independence Day (MarshallIslands)

22

1939: New York Medical Collegeaward-winning neurologist BrijMohan Singh Ahlu Walia born.1949: San Francisco MunicipalCourt Judge Julie Mong-see Tangborn.

23

1871: Anti-Chinese riots in LosAngeles lead to murder of 18Chinese residents. 1952: Lt RubenVillaruel Alota, USN, born. 1954:Eat Drink Man Woman filmmakerAng Lee born.

24

1948: Chitta Venkata Ram,named by D. Magazine in 1996 asone of best physicians in US, born.1962: M. Butterfly actor B.D. Wongborn.

United Nations Day

25

1971: Violinist Midori born. 1995:Hawaii Lt Governor Mazie Hironojoins Korean Americancommunity in welcomingpresident of South Korea.

26

1965: Pop star Aaron Kwok FuShing born.

27

1815: China-born Ah Nam, latercook for Mexican governor ofCalifornia, baptized in Monterey.1940: Woman Warrior authorMaxine Hong Kingston born. 1978:Violinist Vanessa-Mae VanakornNicholson born.

28

1977: US Congress passes lawallowing Southeast Asianrefugees to become USpermanent residents on request.

29

1956: Shall We Dance directorMasayuki Suo born.

30

1956: Hollywood executiveChristopher Lee born.

31

1937: Ohio Department of HealthDirector Pitambar “Peter” Somaniborn. 1957: Chen Ning Yang andTsung-Dao Lee win Nobel Prize forphysics.

1998

November1998


1

1933: Orlando, FL , MoonCreations President Byung-moonLee born. 1941: JapaneseAmericans start teaching at Armyintelligence school. 1968: Eric P.Liu, Director, Legislative Affairs ofNational Security Council, born.

2

1911: Writer and poet CarlosBulosan born. 1962: ActressBeulah Quo appears in ElvisPresley’s Girls, Girls, Girls.

3

1908: Children’s book illustratorGyo Fuji-kawa born. 1938: SpringMoon author Bette Bao Lord born.1976: Daniel Kahikina Akakaelected to US House of Rep. fromHawaii, later elected to Senate.Election Day

4

1972: Jay C. Kim (California)elected first Korean American inUS Congress (House ofRepresentatives, 1993–present).

5

1982: Dictee author Theresa HakKyung Cha dies.

6

1956: Dalip Singh Saund becomesfirst Asian American elected to USCongress. 1996: Gary Locke(Washington) elected first ChineseAmerican governor in US.

7

1974: George R. Ariyoshi (Hawaii)elected first Japanese Americangovernor in US.

8

1944: Japanese American 442dRegimental Combat Teamcompletes assignment to rescue“Lost Battalion” in France, 200killed, 600 wounded in fiercefighting.

9

1980: “Charlie Chan” actor VictorSen Yung dies.

Independence Day (Cambodia)

10

1942: San Francisco Asiancommunity activist-attorneyEdward C.Y. Lau born.

11

1939: William Shao Chang Chen,first Chinese American to beappointed major general in USArmy , born. 1977: Ex-QueenLiliuokalani of Hawaii dies.

Veterans Day

12

1931: Norman Yoshio Mineta, USHouse of Representatives from CA(1975–95) born. 1938: Pearl Buckwins Nobel Prize for Literature fornovels, including The Good Earth, about China and America.

13

1922: US Supreme Court rulingprohibits Japanese frombecoming US citizens, 1933: USAir Force Major General andsurgeon Vernon Chong born.

14

1939: Highest-elected FilipinoAmerican (Lt. Gov. of Hawaii,1986, Gov., 1994), Benjamin J.Cayetano, born. 1941: ClintonAdministration PresidentialAdvisor Maria Luisa MabilangamHaley born.

15

1934: Korean history educator Yur-bak Lee born.

16

1836: David Kalakaua, laterelected king of Hawaii (in 1874),born.

17

1880: US and China signed treatyasserting US right to limitimmigration of Chinese laborers.1904: Award-winning sculptorIsamu Noguchi born.

18

1942: General strike breaks outamong Japanese Americans atPoston, AZ War Relocation Camp.

191920: Career military officer anddecorated undercover agentRichard Sakakida born. 1951:Joffrey Ballet dancer ManiyaBerredor born. 1997: KalpanaChawla becomes first Indianwoman in space with launch ofSpace Shuttle Columbia.

20

1939: Charles Pei Wang, memberof US Civil Rights Commission,born. 1983: Man with the GoldenGun actor Richard Loo dies atage 80.

21

1928: Educator and communityactivist Florence Makita Hongoborn.

22

1926: Costume designer andwriter Michiko Nishiura Weglynborn. 1951: Orchestra conductorKent Nagano born. 1996: Fashiondesigner Vera Wang honored forcommunity service.

23

1909: Manuel Luis Quezonelected Resident Commissioner ofPhilippines to US House ofRepresentatives.

24

1921: The Invisible Thread authorYoshiko Uchida born. 1950:William Hoo Ng, Clerk of DC Courtof Appeals, born.

25

1959: Cleopatra Wong actressMarrie Lee born. 1997: Doi Takaobecomes Japan’s first man towalk in space during mission ofSpace Shuttle Columbia.

26

1973: Prompted by FilipinoAmerican pharmacists, state lawsigned allowing foreign-trainedpharmacists to practice inCalifornia.

Thanksgiving Day

27

1940: Kungfu actor Bruce Leeborn.

28

1911: Sarah Choi, first of 951Korean picture brides, arrives inHawaii.

29

1936: Nobel Prize for chemistrywinner for 1986, Yuan T. Lee, born.

30

1885: US Congress passes lawprohibiting contract labor. 1933:Filipino Labor Union established,with branches in centralCalifornia.

1998

December1998


1

1912: Architect Minoru Yamasakiborn. 1958: All Asian Americancast musical Flower Drum Song stages first of 600 performances.

2

1971: Nationally syndicatedcartoonist Frank Cho born. 1975:Mass migration of Lao refugees toUS begins with establishment ofLao People’s DemocraticRepublic.

3

1908: Antonio Borja Won Pat, firstdelegate of Guam to US Congress(1973–85), born. 1956: AsianAmerican community activistPhilip Tajitsu Hashimoto born.

4

1943: Military Order No. 45exempts Korean Americans fromenemy alien status.

5

1968: Comedienne Margaret Choborn. “Sailor Moon” series char-acter Kino Makoto/Lita/ SailorJupiter born (no year).

6

1927: Patsy Mink, first JapaneseAmerican woman to serve in USCongress (US House ofRepresentatives, 1965–77 and1990–pres-ent), born. 1954:Composer Bright Sheng born.

7

1941: Japanese Americancommunity leaders arrested inHawaii and elsewhere in US. 1944:Nevada Secretary of State CherylLau born.

8

1869: First Japanese midshipmanat US Naval Academy, JiunzoMatsumuna (Class of 1873),admitted.

9

1943: US Senate passes resolutiongranting Philippinesindependence as soon as condi-tions return to normal after WorldWar II. 1957: Battered-women’sadvocate Beckie Masaki born.

10

1849: Meeting of 300 Chineseresidents reported in SanFrancisco. 1898: Philippinesceded by Spain to US, 1932: Actorand director Mako born. 1980:Violin virtuoso Sarah Chang born.

11

1972: Younghill Kang, author ofaward-winning The Grass Roof(1931), dies at age 69.

12

1948: Management consultantexecutive Rajat Gupta born.

13

1940: Caroline J. Chang, Bostonregional manager of US Office ofCivil Rights, born.

Hanukkah begins

14

1973: The Crow: City of Angelsactress Thuy Trang born.

15

1943: First Chinese Americanofficer in US Marine Corps, WilburCarl Sze, commission as 2d Lt.

16

1927: Sci-fi actor Akihiko Hirataborn.

17

1943: President Roosevelt signsrepeal of Chinese Exclusion Acts;soon thereafter 14,000 ChineseAmericans drafted into ArmedForces. 1951: Playwright Philip KanGotanda born.

18

1929: Band leader, arranger, jazzpianist, and composer ToshikoAkiyoshi born. 1944: US SupremeCourt decides unanimously inMitsuye Endo case that it is illegalto detain loyal JapaneseAmericans.

19

1977: Wing F. Ong, first AsianAmerican elected to statelegislature (AZ, 1946), dies.

20

1941: US Congress resolutionallows almost unlimitedenlistment and employment ofFilipino Americans in war effort.1963: Sean Nguyen, winner of1993 US SBA’s Young Entrepreneurof the Year Award, born.

21

1935: Quintin Paredes appointedResident Commissioner ofPhilippines to US Congress.

22

1987: President Reagan signsAmerican Homecoming Actallowing immigration to US ofVietnamese children withAmerican parentage.

23

1852: First Chinese theater in USopens in San Francisco. 1917:Flower Drum Song author Ching-Yang Lee born.

24

1924: TV and movie actor RajKapoor born. 1952: McCarran-Walter Act allows immi-grationquotas for Japan and other Asiancountries.

25

1904: United Farm Workers ofAmerica co-founder PhilipVillamin Vera Cruz born. 1936:Film producer Ismail Merchantborn.

26

1945: Ying-shin Christine Peng,University of California at Daviseducator and 1989 winner ofCalifornia State BeekeepersAssociation Distinguished ServiceAward, born.

27

1944: US War Department endsinterment of JapaneseAmericans. 1995: Leslie OkadaBirkland named US ForeignLanguage Teacher of the Year.

28

1974: Pop singer Jocelyn Enriquezborn.

29

1941: As of this date, 50 KoreanAmericans had registered forCalifornia National Guard duty.1989: Floating World authorCynthia Kadohata praised inLondon Times review

30

1952: Author, composer, andconductor Somtow Sucharitkulborn. 1996: California Tech AIDSresearcher David Ho named asTime “Man of the Year.”

Jose Rizal Day (Philippines)

31

1924: Olympic (1948) gold medaldiver Victoria Manolo Dravesborn. 1933: Lt. Gen. Allen K. Ono,US Army, born. 1963: World-classsumo champion Salevaa“Konishiki” Atisanoe born. 1965:Actress Gong Li born.

asian and pacific island american heritage calendar

Documents