December 2, 1974 · Honolulu, Hawaii

George Ariyoshi Becomes Governor of Hawaii

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George Ariyoshi was inaugurated as governor of Hawaii, the first Asian American elected governor of a US state. (Shares Dec 2 with the proclamation of the Lao PDR.)

Sources

encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/George_Ariyoshi
nga.org nga.org/governor/george-ryoichi-ariyoshi

Also on December 2

December 2, 1975 history

Lao People's Democratic Republic Proclaimed

The Pathet Lao abolished the 650-year-old Lao monarchy and proclaimed the Lao People's Democratic Republic; the takeover drove hundreds of thousands of Lao and Hmong to flee, most eventually resettling in the US.