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The San Francisco riot of 1877 was a three-day pogrom waged against Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, California by the city's majority Irish population from the evening of July 23 through the night of July 25, 1877. The ethnic violence which swept Chinatown resulted in four deaths and the destruction of more than $100,000 worth of property ...
The Golden Dragon massacre[ 1] was a gang -related mass shooting that took place on September 4, 1977, inside the Golden Dragon Restaurant at 822 Washington Street in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, United States. The five perpetrators, members of the Joe Boys, a Chinese youth gang, were attempting to kill leaders of the Wah Ching, a ...
The mob looted Chinatown and lynched nineteen Chinese civilians, all of them male immigrants. Eight suspects were convicted of manslaughter but later had their convictions overturned. San Francisco, which had the largest Chinese population in the country, was also hit by a major anti-Chinese riot in 1877.
Date. 1800s–1930s. Location. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, New York. The Tong Wars were a series of violent disputes beginning in the late 19th century among rival Chinese Tong factions centered in the Chinatowns of various American cities, in particular San Francisco. Tong wars could be triggered by a variety of inter- gang ...
Wah Ching first received widespread media attention because of the 1977 Golden Dragon Massacre (GDM) involving another Chinese gang, the Chung Ching Yee, or Joe Boys (JBS). The event took place at the Golden Dragon Restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown. Five people were killed, and eleven others were injured. None of the victims were gang ...
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94108, 94133, 94102, 94111, 94109. Area Codes. 415/628. The Chinatown centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, ( Chinese : 唐人街; pinyin : tángrénjiē; Jyutping : tong4 jan4 gaai1) is the oldest Chinatown in North America and one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside Asia.
Occupation. Waiter. Known for. Being described as the world's rudest waiter. Edsel Ford Fung (often spelled Fong) (May 6, 1927 – April 24, 1984) was an American restaurant server from San Francisco, California. [ 1] He was called the "world's rudest, worst, most insulting waiter " and worked at the Sam Wo Chinese restaurant. [ 2]