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Joanne WONG, 1936–1996 (aged 60 years)

Name
Joanne /WONG/
Given names
Joanne
Surname
WONG
Name
/黃周/蓉
Given names
蓉
Surname
黃周
Birth
February 2, 1936
Chinese American Events
Chinese Exclusion Act
from May 9, 1882 to 1943 (aged 6 years)
Note: An official act legalizing discrimination against Chinese in the United States. Poster: 'Chinese Must Go'.
Note: Source citation: Chinese Exclusion Act Wikipedia
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945 (aged 9 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Second Sino-Japanese War
from July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945 (aged 9 years)
Note: Some historians consider this the true start of World War Two. Japan's attempt to conquer China, after subjugating Manchukuo.
China Government/Dynasties
Republic of China
from 1912 to 1949 (aged 12 years)
Note: Source citation: Republic of China Wikipedia
World Conflict
Attack on Pearl Harbor
from December 7, 1941 (aged 5 years)
Note: Source citation: Attack on Pearl Harbor Wikipedia
Note: The date the United States enters WW2.
Global Conflict
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 9 years)
Note: Source citation: World War Two Wikipedia
Note: Western world's time period for World War II.
Chinese American Events
Internment of Japanese Americans
from February 19, 1942 to March 20, 1946 (aged 10 years)
Note: Another example of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States.
Chinese Conflicts
Chinese Communist/Kuomintang Civil War
from August 10, 1945 to December 7, 1949 (aged 13 years)
Note: This represented the defeat and withdrawal of the Kuomintang to Taiwan by Mao Zedong
China Government/Dynasties
People's Republic of China
1949 (aged 12 years)
Chinese American Events
McCarthyism
from 1940 to 1950 (aged 13 years)
Note: Source citation: McCarthyism Wikipedia
Note: An example of memes and slogans during this time was 'better dead than red' and the Domino theory
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953 (aged 16 years)
Chinese American Conflicts
Korean War
from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953 (aged 17 years)
Note: Source citation: Korean War Wikipedia
35th President of the United States
John F Kennedy
January 20, 1961 (aged 24 years)
36th President of the United States
Lyndon B Johnson
November 22, 1963 (aged 27 years)
37th President of the United States
Richard Nixon
January 20, 1969 (aged 32 years)
38th President of the United States
Gerald Ford
August 9, 1974 (aged 38 years)
American Conflicts
Vietnam War
from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975 (aged 39 years)
Note: Source citation: Vietnam_War Wikipedia
Chinese Events
Cultural Revolution
from 1949 to 1976 (aged 39 years)
Note: The wanton distruction of Chinese clan genealogy documents along with cultural relics by the Red Guards made tracing Chinese Americans family heritage even harder. This represented Mao Zedong' s attempt to regain local control of China.
Note: Source citation: Cultural Revolution Wikipedia
American INS program
Chinese Confession Program
from 1956 to 1965 (aged 28 years)
Note: A program of the Immigration and Naturalization Service allowing reconciliation of the illegal entry status of paper sons. This caused much fear and distrust among the Chinese American population. The number of participants were less than initially predicted.
39th President of the United States
Jimmy Carter
January 20, 1977 (aged 40 years)
40th President of the United States
Ronald Reagan
January 20, 1981 (aged 44 years)
41st President of the United States
George H W Bush
January 20, 1989 (aged 52 years)
42nd President of the United States
Bill Clinton
January 20, 1993 (aged 56 years)
Death
November 5, 1996 (aged 60 years)
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Birth: February 2, 1936
Death: November 5, 1996
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Joanne WONG
黃周蓉
1936–1996
Birth: February 2, 1936
Death: November 5, 1996
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