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France granted Cambodia Independence
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Sihanouk abdicates to pursue a political career.
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Sihanouk breaks off relations with the US and allows North Vietnamese guerrillas to set up bases in Cambodia
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The US begins a secret bombing campaign against North Vietnamese forces on Cambodian soil.
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Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk in coup.
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Two million Cambodians are made homeless by escalating war between Lon Nol and the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot.
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Capitalism, Western culture, city life, religion, and all foreign influences were to be extinguished in favor of an extreme form of peasant Communism.
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The country was renamed Democratic Kampuchea.
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A war between Cambodia and Vietnam began
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Vietnam invaded Cambodia.
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The Vietnamese take Phnom Penh. Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge forces flee to the border region with Thailand.
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The pro-Vietnamese Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party wins parliamentary elections.
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Hun Sen becomes prime minister.
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Vietnamese troops withdraw.
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A peace agreement is signed in Paris.
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The Khmer Rouge put Pol Pot on trial and sentence him to life imprisonment
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The monarchy is restored, Sihanouk becomes king again. The country is re-named the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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The Khmer Rouge are outlawed
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The Khmer Rouge put Pol Pot on trial and sentence him to life imprisonment.
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Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot dies
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Cambodia and Thailand withdraw their troops from a disputed border area near the Preah Vihear temple
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Former king, Norodom Sihanouk, dies of a heart attack. He was 89.
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Tens of thousands of people turn out in Phnom Penh for the cremation of the former king, Norodom Sihanouk.
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Parliament passes a bill making it illegal to deny that atrocities were committed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s.
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Mass protests in Phnom Penh over contested election results.
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