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| November 7,1941 | Curtis Munson issued his report on Japanese Americans living on the coast. |
December 7, 1941 |
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor without having declared war before. The FBI arrested 737 Japanese Americans because they were supposed to be "dangerous enemies". |
| December 8, 1941 | The United States declared
war on Japan.
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| February 19, 1942 | President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. The only significant opposition would come from the Quakers and the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union). |
| March 21, 1942 | Manzanar, the first internemt camp opened. |
| July, 1942 | Burial of the first
Japanese Americans to die during internment.
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| 1988 | President George Bush apologized on behalf of the United States. |