May 14, 1975 · Long Tieng, Laos

Hmong Airlift from Long Tieng

history

As Laos fell to the Pathet Lao, the US airlifted Gen. Vang Pao and about 2,500 Hmong who had fought in the CIA's 'Secret War' from Long Tieng to Thailand; most Hmong allies were left behind, beginning a long refugee exodus. (Shares May 14 with the 1981 injunction protecting Vietnamese fishermen.)

Sources

mnhs.org mnhs.org/hmong/hmong-timeline
nationalmuseum.af.mil nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/3404655/us-and-hmong-exodus/

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May 14, 1905 injustice

Asiatic Exclusion League Formed

Labor leaders and others met in San Francisco to launch the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League (later the Asiatic Exclusion League), which grew to claim 100,000 members and drove anti-Asian agitation and legislation across the West. (Shares May 14 with the Hmong airlift from Long Tieng and the injunction protecting Vietnamese fishermen.)

May 14, 1981 resistance

Injunction Halts Klan Attacks on Vietnamese Fishermen

A federal court issued an injunction barring the Ku Klux Klan from intimidating Vietnamese refugee fishermen on Galveston Bay, Texas, ending a campaign of boat burnings and armed threats.