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In 1978, congress passed a resolution to commemorate Asian American Heritage Week during the first week of May. This date was chosen because of two significant anniversaries that occurred during this time: the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in the United States on May 7, 1843, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad (majority of the workers were Chinese immigrants) on May 10, 1869. In 1992, the month of May was permanently designated as Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.