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May 18, 1955: Vincent Chin, Who Was Killed in a Hate Crime, Is Born
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Ebens and Nitz were both convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay a $3,000 fine, according toNBC News. Neither of Chin’s killers spent a day in jail.
The remembrance of Chin’s tragic death is observed every year to honor him and all AAPIs whose lives were lost to hate crimes.
02of 07May 19, 1921: Civil Rights Activist Yuri Kochiyama Is BornPenni Gladstone/San Francisco Chronicle/APKochiyama, born Mary Yuriko Nakahara, was living in an internment camp for Japanese Americans in Arkansas when she was first exposed to the racism of the then-Jim Crow South. By 1948, Kochiyama and her husband moved to New York City and became active in the civil rights movement, which is when Kochiyama met Malcolm X.The two grew a famous friendship that tragically ended when Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 at Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom. Kochiyama was in the audience when the gunfire rang out.“I just went straight to Malcolm, and I put his head on my lap,” she recalled to theNew York Timesin 1996. “He just lay there. He had difficulty breathing, and he didn’t utter a word.“Kochiyama, who died in 2014, is best remembered for her activism in the civil rights movement and fighting for reparations for Japanese Americans who were forced to live in internment camps during World War II.
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May 19, 1921: Civil Rights Activist Yuri Kochiyama Is Born
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Kochiyama, born Mary Yuriko Nakahara, was living in an internment camp for Japanese Americans in Arkansas when she was first exposed to the racism of the then-Jim Crow South. By 1948, Kochiyama and her husband moved to New York City and became active in the civil rights movement, which is when Kochiyama met Malcolm X.
The two grew a famous friendship that tragically ended when Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 at Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom. Kochiyama was in the audience when the gunfire rang out.
“I just went straight to Malcolm, and I put his head on my lap,” she recalled to theNew York Timesin 1996. “He just lay there. He had difficulty breathing, and he didn’t utter a word.”
Kochiyama, who died in 2014, is best remembered for her activism in the civil rights movement and fighting for reparations for Japanese Americans who were forced to live in internment camps during World War II.
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May 20, 1957: The Wedding Day Wins Big at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival in Tokyo
On this day, the South Korean film won the Special Comedy Award at the 4th annual Asia-Pacific Film Festival. The win brought early acclaim and exposure to the country’s then-fledgling film industry. It was also the first Korean movie to win an award at an overseas film festival, according toThe Grand Cinema.
04of 07May 21, 2019: Parasite Debuts at Cannes Film FestivalPascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesDirectorBong Joon Hoearned the festival’s prized Palme d’Or following the premiere of his dark thriller. The movie’s success went on to earn the director four Academy Awards:Best Original Screenplay,Best International Feature Film,Best DirectorandBest Picture. The historic wins marked the first time in history that a Korean director won the Best Director category and the first time a film has won in both of the Best International Feature Film and Best Picture categories on the same night.
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May 21, 2019: Parasite Debuts at Cannes Film Festival
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DirectorBong Joon Hoearned the festival’s prized Palme d’Or following the premiere of his dark thriller. The movie’s success went on to earn the director four Academy Awards:Best Original Screenplay,Best International Feature Film,Best DirectorandBest Picture. The historic wins marked the first time in history that a Korean director won the Best Director category and the first time a film has won in both of the Best International Feature Film and Best Picture categories on the same night.
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May 22, 2014: Nepal Opens 104 New Peaks for Climbers
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Tourism Ministry official Maddhu Sudan Burlakoti announced that 104 more mountain peaks would be open to boost tourism, including two named after the first people to climb Mt. Everest, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
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Aung Phyoe
The notable Burmese author and translator was best known for his own original work, which earned him five literary awards in Burma including the coveted National Literary Prize, as well as his work as a translator of Western literature.
Tint translated classics, such asWar and Peace,Gone with the WindandThe Catcher in the Ryeinto Burmese, before dying in Rangoon, Burma in 1998 after falling and fracturing his skull at 68 years old, according to theL.A. Times.
07of 07May 24, 2016: Actor Burt Kwouk DiesMichael Crabtree - PA Images/PA Images via GettyThe Chinese-British actor, best known for his playing Inspector Clouseau’s manservant Cato in thePink Pantherfilms, died at 85. He also had a long television career, appearing on shows likeThe AvengersandDoctor Who.Kwouk was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2011 for services in drama before passing away.
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May 24, 2016: Actor Burt Kwouk Dies
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The Chinese-British actor, best known for his playing Inspector Clouseau’s manservant Cato in thePink Pantherfilms, died at 85. He also had a long television career, appearing on shows likeThe AvengersandDoctor Who.
Kwouk was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2011 for services in drama before passing away.
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