1900 to 1909

• 1900 - California's Punjabi Mexican Americans Arrival
• 1900 - Galvestron Chinatown / 1st in Texas
• 1900 - Canton Bank of San Francisco
• 1900 - Census Figures of Indian Americans
• 1900 - Organic Act Ends
• 1900 - Chinese "Undesirables" Portrayed
• 1900 - Census Reports 168,000+ Filipinos in Hawaii
• 1900 - California's Punjabi Mexican Americans
• 1901 - San Francisco's "New Chinese Telephone Co." Opens
• 1901 - Sung Vs. U.S.
• 1901 - Chinese Exclusion Convention
• 1902 - S.F.'s Politicians Want to Move Chinatown
• 1902 - Chinese Exclusion Act Extended / Samuel Gompers
• 1902 - Challenges to Chinese Exclusionists
• 1902 - Yamashita Barred from Practicing Law
• 1903 - Anna May Wong is Born
• 1903 - Japanese American Baseball League
• 1903 - Korean Workers Arrive in Hawaii
• 1903 - Peter Chang - 1st Korean American is Born
• 1903 - 1st Korean Church in U.S. & Outside of Korea
• 1903 - Filipino Immigrants
• 1904 - Chinese Exclusion Act Made Indefinte
• 1904 - Syngman Rhee
• 1904 - Isamu Nogushi
• 1904 - 1st Chinese Medical Student Graduate
• 1904 - 1st Korean Couple in the U.S.
• 1905 - Mongolians/White Marriages Forbidden
• 1905 - United States Vs. Ju Toy
• 1905 - CA Urges U.S. to Limit Japanese Immigration
• 1905 - Asiatic Exclusion League Formed
• 1906 - Anti-Asian Riot in Vancouver
• 1906 - San Francisco Earthquake & Chinatown History
• 1906 - Exclusion of AA's from Public Schools
• 1906 - Santa Ana's Chinatown Burned Down
• 1907 - Japanese Unable to Reimmigrate to the U.S.
• 1908 - Filipino Recruited as Cheap Laborers
• 1908 - Canada "Curbs" Asian Indian Immigration
• 1908 - Japanese Plantation Workers Go On Strike
• 1909 - Japanese Plantation Workers Go On Strike
• 1909 - Aoki's Interracial Marriage to Ms. Emery
  
• 1909 - 1st Chinese in American Society of Civil Engineers
  

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• 1910 - Asian American Immigration Restrictions
• 1910 - First Korean "Picture Bride"
• 1910 - Angel Island Opens
• 1911 - "Lue Gim Gong" Orange
• 1911 - 1st AA Congressional Medal of Honorees
• 1911 - Asian American Organizations are Formed
• 1911 - Philip Ahn - 1st AA Actor "Walk of Fame"
• 1912 - Duke Kahanamoku - 1st APA Olympian
• 1912 - Nisei Education
• 1912 - Tun Vs. Edsell
• 1912 - Chinese American Citizen Alliance is Formed
• 1912 - California Land Owned by Japanese Americans
• 1912 - Chinese Slave Girl Plot
• 1913 - Lung Yep (LAPD's 1st Chinese Policeman)
• 1912 - L.A.'s Role in the Chinese Revolution
• 1914 - Sessue Hayakawa - 1st Asian Star in Hollywood
• 1913 - Ichihashi - Stanford's 1st Non-White Professor
• 1914 - Canada Stops Asian Indian Immigration
• 1915 - Japanese Chamber of Commerce is Formed
• 1915 - Asian Immigrants Barred from any Profits
• 1916 - Toraichi Kono Works with Charles Chaplin
• 1916 - Wah Ming Chang is Born
• 1916 - Minoru Yasui is Born
• 1917 - Alien Land Law Restricts Immigration
• 1917 - Only Japanese & Filipinos Are Allowed In
• 1917 - Jack Soo (aka Goro Suzuki) is Born
• 1917 - Asian Americans in WWI
• 1918 - APA Servicemen Can Be Naturalized
• 1919 - Japanese Labor Union is Formed
• 1919 - I.M. Pei is Born
• 1919 - Sammy Lee is Born
• 1919 - Korean American "Rice King"
  

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• 1930 - JACL & Anti Filipino Riots
• 1930 - Jimmie Angel & the "Chinese Flying Club"
• 1930 - Agricultural Workers League (Filipino Labor Union)
• 1930 - Filipinos in Alaskan Canneries
• 1931 - Gero Iwai ("Father" of MIS)
• 1931 - Admendment to the "Cable Act"
• 1933 - 1st Japanese to Earn PhD
• 1933 - Filipino Labor Union and Journal is Formed
• 1933 - Ng Poon Chew (Chinese "Mark Twain" / Civil Rights Activist) Dies
• 1933 - Chang Apana (Inspiration for "Charlie Chan") Dies
• 1933 - Filipinos Ineligible for Citizenship
• 1933 - Filipino Elected President of Labor Union
• 1934 - "Kelly" Petillo & Hirashima Wins Auto Race
• 1934 - Birth of Nisei Week
• 1934 - Limits on Filipino Immigration
• 1935 - Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1935
• 1935 - Seattle's 1st Civil Rights Coalition / Interracial Marriages
• 1935 - Eddie See's Dragon Den Opens in L.A. Chinatown
• 1935 - FDR Grants Citizenships / Public Law 162
• 1936 - Zubin Mehta is Born
• 1937 - George Takei is Born
• 1937 - Washington State Eliminate Interracial Marriages
• 1937 - Strike in Hawaii
• 1937 - Mutual Aid Association is Founded
• 1937 - Only Japanese American in Abraham Lincoln Brigade
• 1938 - Chinese Women on Strike
• 1938 - L.A. Chinatown Plaza / History / China City
• 1938 - Feng Sha Ho Saves Jews in Germany
• 1938 - Forbidden City Night Club Opens
• 1939 - Frank Fat (Legendary Restaurant Owner)
  
• 1939 - Wing Fat (Prominent Sacramento Restauranteur
  
• 1939 - Filipino American Rescues Jews During WWII
  
• 1939 - 1st All-Chinese Professional Basketball Team
  

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• 1940 - Bruce Lee is Born
  
• 1940 - All Immigrants Have to Register
  
• 1940 - Chiune "Sempo" Sugihara - Japanese Schindler's List
  
• 1940 - Labor Association is Formed
  
• 1940 - Maxine Hong Kingston is Born
  
• 1940 - Tiger Brigade is Formed
  
• 1940 - Conscription Law (Selective Training and Service Act)
  
• 1940 - Asian Americans and the Hotel Industry
  
• 1941 - OSC Football Player Interned
  
• 1941 - Asian Americans and the Hotel Industry
  
• 1941 - Army Language School
• 1941 - Shigeya Kihara (Original teacher of Army Language School)
• 1941 - Japanese Internment Camp Events
• 1942 - Frank Fong - One of the First Chinese American Fighter Pilots
• 1942 - First Seattle Prosecution and Acquital
• 1942 - Flying Tigers
• 1942 - Persecution of Japanese Canadians
• 1942 - Teachers at the Internment Camps
  
• 1942 - Ming W. Chen is Born
  
• 1942 - "Ishikawa Fisherman" (Trout Fishing at Manzanar)
  
• 1942 - 14th Service Group/987th Signal Company
  
• 1942 - Japanese Americans are Interned
  
• 1942 - Aluets are Interned
  
• 1942 - Internment Camp's Evacuated People
  
• 1942 - Tule Lake Internment Camp
  
• 1942 - Poston Internment Camp
  
• 1942 - Internment Camps / Relcation Centers
  
• 1942 - Internment Camps' Student Relocations
  
• 1942 - 100th& 442nd Regimental Combat Troops
  
• 1943 - Hirabayashi Vs. United States
  
• 1943 - Dr. Sammy Lee Wins an Olympic Gold Medal
  
• 1943 - Young Oak Kim - 1st AA Officer
  
• 1943 - Chinese Exclusion Laws are Repealed
  
• 1943 - Japanese American Curfew Law is Constitutional
  
• 1943 - Korean Newspaper is Formed
  
• 1943 - Chinese American Women Serving During WWII
• 1944 - Tokyo Rose Convicted of Treason
  
• 1944 - Death of 442nd's Ted Tanouye
  
• 1944 - Japanese Exclusion Laws are Repealed
• 1944 - Korematsu vs. U.S.
• 1944 - People Can't be Drafted if They Are " Interned"
  
• 1944 - All Asian Exclusion Orders Revoked
• 1944 - Chi Cheng is Born
• 1944 - Chinese American Soldiers in WWII
• 1945 - Mercy Missions
• 1945 - Filipino Guerrilas Led the U.S.'s Most Successful Rescue Mission
• 1945 - 2 Filipino American Women Awarded US Medal of Freedom
• 1946 - 1st Asian American Elected to State Office
• 1946 - Internment / Concentration Camps are Closed
• 1946 - Filipinos and Indians Can Become Citizens
• 1946 - Strike in Hawaii
• 1946 - Connie Chung is Born
• 1947 - 1945 War Brides Act
• 1947 - Full Pardon for Japanese American Resistors
• 1948 - Interracial Marriage Ban Lifted
• 1948 - James Wong Howe & Sanora Babb Marriage
• 1948 - Displaced Persons Act
• 1948 - Sammy Lee - 1st Asian American Gold Medalist
• 1948 - Harold Sakata - 1st Japanese American Olympic Medalist
• 1948 - Limited Redress for Interned Japanese Americans
• 1949 - Chinese Granted Refugee Status
• 1949 - "You Have to be Taught" (how to hate) Song from "South Pacific
• 1949 - Song Addressing Racism in South Pacific
• 1949 - Filipinos Imported as Strike-Breakers
• 1949 - APAs Arrested for Communist Activity
  

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