· Vientiane, Laos

Lao People's Democratic Republic Proclaimed

history

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.

Communities
  • Lao
  • Hmong
Topics
  • refugees
Regions
  • Southeast Asian

Sources

Also on December 2

achievement

George Ariyoshi Becomes Governor of Hawaii

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.)