Civil Liberties Act Signed
President Reagan signed the law granting a formal apology and reparations to Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII.
On this day
August 10
Killing of Joseph Ileto
White supremacist Buford Furrow fatally shot Filipino American postal worker Joseph Ileto after wounding five people at a Jewish community center; Furrow said he targeted Ileto as nonwhite and a federal worker. (Shares Aug 10 with the 1988 Civil Liberties Act.)
Content note: racial violence.
Sundar Pichai Becomes CEO of Google
On August 10, 2015, Sundar Pichai, an Indian American engineer, was named CEO of Google as founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin created the parent company Alphabet — among the most prominent corporate leadership roles held by an Asian American.