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In 1953 Cambodia gains its independence from France.
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In 1955 King Sihanouk abdicated in favor of his father.
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In 1965 Cambodia falls under new leadership and decides to break ties with South Vietnam.
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In 1969 there was a U.S. bombing on Cambodian soil.
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In 1970 Cambodia had a civil war caused by general Lon Nol over throwing kin Sihanouk.
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In 1975 The Khmer Rouge allied with Sihanouk and took Phnom Penh and declared the kingdom as Cambodia.
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In 1975 South Vietnam fights against Cambodia because of their genocidal leader Khmer Rouge.
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In 1977 Cambodia breaks ties with The Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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In 1979 South Vietnam invaded Cambodia and takes Phnom Penh.
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In 1989 the last Vietnamese troops withdraw from Cambodia
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In 1992 the U.S. sent a peacekeeping unit to Cambodia known as the UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia).
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In 1993 and new constitution was ratified and Sihanouk was back on the throne.
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In 1998 the gruesome and mean leader Pol
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In 2003 a Thai actress makes a claim stating that Angkor Wat belongs to Thailand
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In the following weeks of the actresses claim Thai TV broadcasts are banned from Cambodia.
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The following day the Thai embassy is burned down in Phnom Penh.
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In July of the same year the Cambodian People's Party wins the Cambodian Parliamentary Election.
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In 2004 Norodom Sihanouk abdicated letting his son Norodom Sihamoni become his successor.
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In 2012 the former ruler of Cambodia dies in Beijing at the ripe old age of 89
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In 2014 a group of military police opened fire on a group of opposition protesters.
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