Archives for 2012
1983 — 13 killed in Wah Mee massacre
1986 — Ellison Onizuka, the first Asian American to reach space, dies in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
1988 — President Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing redress to interned Japanese Americans.
1992 — Korean businesses looted and burned during the LA Riots
1993 — Connie Chung becomes the first Asian American nightly news anchor for a major network.
1996 — Gary Locke becomes the first Asian American governor of a state in the continental United States.
2000 — Norman Y. Mineta becomes the first Asian American to serve in the cabinet of the president after being appointed Secretary of Commerce by President Bill Clinton.
2001 — Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao becomes the first Asian American woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet.
2009 — Gary Locke appointed to President Obama’s cabinet as Secretary of Commerce.
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