February 19, 1976
President Gerald Ford formally rescinds Executive Order 9066.
Research by Seattle's Henry Miyatake led him to realize that E.O. 9066--issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt--had never been rescinded. Miyatake and other members of the Seattle JACL devised a strategy to have E.0. 9066 rescinded, and President Gerald Ford finally rescinded E.O. 9066 on February 19, 1976.
Once again, this action demonstrated that a small ethnic group could affect action at the national level.
