Filipino American National Historical Society Founded
Dorothy and Fred Cordova founded the Filipino American National Historical Society in Seattle to identify, preserve, and share Filipino American history; it now has chapters nationwide.
On this day
November 26
Hsi Lai Temple Inaugurated
On November 26, 1988, the Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple was inaugurated in Hacienda Heights, California — at the time the largest Buddhist temple in the Western Hemisphere. The first overseas branch of Taiwan's Fo Guang Shan order, its name means 'coming west,' marking the growth of Chinese and Taiwanese American Buddhism.