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1.) 1886 - San Francisco's Chinese American Laundry Men Sue for Equal Rights
Yick Wo, who owned a Chinese American laundry, sought equal rights and civil rights for Chinese American laundrymen in the Supreme Court Case Yick Wo v. Hopkins.
2.) 1887 - Doc Hay and Lung On Arrive on the Eastern Oregon Frontier
Doc Hay and Lung On were Chinese American pioneers in Oregon, who formed the the Kam Wah Chung store, where Hay practiced Chinese Medicine.
3.) 1888 - Lue Gim Gong, Father of the Florida Citrus Industry
Leu Gim Gong, known as the citrus wizard, was a pioneering Chinese geneticist who saved the Florida citrus industry.
4.) 1894 - Polly Bemis, an Angel in Idaho's Wilderness
The life and times of Polly Bemis, an Idaho pioneer, are preserved by the Benedictine Sisters of St. Gertrude Monastery in Idaho.
5.) 1906 - San Francisco Earthquake's Impact on the Chinese American Community
Chinese American's rebuilt San Francisco's Chinatown after it was destroyed by the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.