April 30, 1900

Hawaiian Organic Act Enacted

Congress established the Territory of Hawaii and its government, conferring US citizenship on those who had been citizens of the Republic of Hawaii-part of the colonial framework imposed after the Kingdom's 1893 overthrow and 1898 annexation. (Shares Apr 30 with the 1975 Fall of Saigon.)

Sources

doi.gov doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/31_stat_141_hawaiian_organic_act_1900.pdf
encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Organic_Act

Also on April 30

1975

Fall of Saigon Begins Southeast Asian Refugee Migration

1992

Japanese American National Museum Opens