crazy Cambodian independence By lamorris Nov 9, 1953 Cambodia gained independence from france Aug 6, 1955 Sihanouk pursues a political career Nov 18, 1960 Sihanouk's father dies Feb 21, 1965 Sihanouk breaks off relations with the US Feb 22, 1969 US begins a secret bombing campaign against North Vietnamese forces Oct 15, 1970 Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk in coup Nov 18, 1975 Lon Nol is overthrown Feb 5, 1976 The country is re-named Democratic Kampuchea Apr 15, 1977 Fighting breaks out with Vietnam Aug 21, 1978 Vietnamese forces invade in a lightning assault Jan 12, 1979 The Vietnamese take Phnom Penh Nov 21, 1981 Vietnamese Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party wins Mar 29, 1985 Hun Sen becomes prime minister Feb 22, 1989 Vietnamese troops withdraw Oct 5, 1991 A peace agreement is signed in Paris Nov 21, 1993 General election sees the royalist Funcinpec party win the most seats Jan 12, 1994 Thousands of Khmer Rouge guerrillas surrender Dec 17, 1996 Ieng Sary forms a new party Mar 20, 1997 Hun Sen mounts a coup against the prime minister Apr 24, 1998 Pol Pot dies in his jungle hideout Jun 17, 1998 Elections are won by Hun Sen's CPP Sep 11, 1998 Ranariddh is tried in his absence Jun 12, 2001 US-based Cambodian Freedom Fighters (CFF) members convicted of 2000 attack in Phnom Penh Jul 7, 2001 A law setting up a tribunal to bring genocide charges against Khmer Rouge leaders is passed Dec 12, 2001 First bridge across the Mekong River opens Oct 29, 2017 project website citing 1) www.lonelyplanet.com/cambodia/history 2) https://www.britannica.com/place/Cambodia 3) www.tourismcambodia.com › About Cambodia 4) www.cambodiatribunal.org/history/cambodian-history/ 5) https://monthlyreview.org/2013/11/01/cambodian-political-history/