1950 to 1959

• 1950 - Tsien Hsue-Shen (Accused, Detained and Deported)
• 1951 - Laws and GI Bills Integrate Chinese
• 1952 - Dahlip Singh Saund - Asian Indian in Congress
• 1952 - Small Immigration Quota to Japanese
• 1952 - 1st Japanese American Olympic Gold Medalists
• 1952 - Sumitomo Bank
• 1952 - Asian Americans Can Own Property
• 1952 - Walter-McCarran Act
• 1953 - First Nisei Judge on the Mainland
• 1955 - Chinese Chamber of Commerce (LA) Formed
• 1956 - Alien Land Laws Repealed
• 1956 - Immigration Act
• 1956 - Korean Adoption Agency
• 1956 - Jon Jang's Father Passenger in Historic Crash
• 1957 - Killed in Airline Crash (Affected Richie Valens)
• 1957 - Chinese American Nobel Prize Winners
• 1957 - Immigration Laws Amended
• 1959 - Hiram Fong is Elected to the U.S. Senate
• 1959 - Asian American Politicians are Elected
• 1959 - Kim Sisters
• 1959 - Chinese Immigrants are Pardoned
  

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1970 to 1979

• 1970 - Marion Obera is Elected
• 1970 - Bi-Lingual Education Rights
• 1971 - UCLA's 1st Korean Woman Doctorate
• 1971 - Norman Mineta
• 1971 - Asian Law Caucus
• 1971 - Detention Act Repealed
• 1971 - Lea Salonga
• 1971 - Desegregating Chinese Public Schools
• 1972 - 1st National Conference & Filipino Organizations
• 1972 - Connie Chung is on TV
• 1972 - Michael Chang (1st APA Tennis Star) is Born
• 1972 - Repeal of "Anti-Oriental" Laws
• 1972 - David Lee Designs the Daisy Wheel Printer
• 1973 - Lisa Ling is Born
• 1973 - Bruce Lee Dies
• 1973 - "Organization of Chinese Americans" is Formed
• 1973 - Filipino Pharmacists Are Allowed to Work
• 1974 - March Fong Eu is Elected
• 1974 - The Phrase "Asian Pacific American" is Born
• 1974 - Asian American Workers Are Not Hired
• 1975 - 130,000+ Refugees Arrive
• 1975 - Protests in New York and Philadelphia
• 1975 - Southeast Asian Refugee Camp Opens
• 1975 - Somen "Steve" Banerjee - Started "Chippendales"
• 1975 - Filipinos Recognized
• 1975 - 1st Festival Held
• 1975 - Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
• 1976 - S.I. Hayakawa (1st AA U.S. Senator of Mainland State)
• 1976 - "Don Ho Show" on ABC
• 1976 - Executive Order 9066 is Rescinded
• 1976 - Establishment of East Coast ASU
• 1976 - Hampton Vs. Sun (Anti-Discrimination Ruling)
• 1977 - Chinatown Organization in Boston is Formed
• 1977 - San Francisco Protest
• 1976 - San Francisco's Manilatown Destroyed
• 1977 - Southeast Asian Citizens
• 1977 - LA's Chinatown Library Opens
• 1978 - JACL Calls for Reparations
• 1979 - AsianWeek is Formed
• 1979 - Sweatshop Protests
• 1979 - Diplomatic Unification of Chinese American Families
• 1979 - Asian Pacific American Week is Established
• 1979 - Racial Formation of Asian Americans
• 1979 - Loida Nicholas-Lewis
  

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