April 30, 1975

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Fall of Saigon Begins Southeast Asian Refugee Migration

The end of the Vietnam War triggered the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese, and later Hmong, Cambodian, and Lao, refugees in the US. (Shares Apr 30 with the 1900 Hawaiian Organic Act.)

Sources

  1. history.state.gov history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v10/ch3
  2. archives.gov archives.gov/exhibits/remembering-vietnam-online-exhibit-episodes-9-12

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