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Years
1944
Fred Korematsu
Port Chicago disaster aftermath
In
Korematsu v. United States
(plaintiff Fred Korematsu pictured)
, concerning the constitutionality of
Executive Order 9066
, which ordered
Japanese Americans
into
internment camps
during
World War II
regardless of citizenship, the Supreme Court sides with the government, ruling that the exclusion order was
constitutional
A
munitions
explosion
(pictured)
at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in
Port Chicago
kills 320 sailors and civilians and injures 390 others
, with most of the dead and injured enlisted
African-American
sailors.
George P. Miller
is elected to
California's 6th congressional district
The
Hayward Area Recreation and Park District
is created
Americium
and
Curium
are synthesized at the
University of California, Berkeley
, with the discovery kept secret due to
World War II
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