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King Norodom Sihanouk declared indépendance from France on Nov,9,1953
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The first elections were held for general
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Sihanouk's father dies he becomes King/Head of state
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The US launched a secret bombing on Cambodian soil this resulted in the Cambodian civil war
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communists captured Phnom Penh
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Cambodia was renamed Kampuchea due to pol pot
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Cambodia is re named Democratic Kampuchea
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Pol Pot is the 27th Prime minister
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Khmer Rouge attacts
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War breaks out with Vietnam
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Vietnam invaded Cambodia
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people were led by Pol Pot it was estimated 1.5 million people were killed by him. he decided that Cambodia would be completely agricultural if you didn't convert you would be killed
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Vietnamese troops withdraw from Cambodia
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This marked an official end to the Cambodian Vietnamese war
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The Monarchy is restored and Sihanouk becomes king again
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Pol pot died on April 15 1998
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after negotiations with the UN Cambodia agreed to an international tribunal for former Khmer Rouge leaders
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Norodom Sihamoni Became King
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In 2005 Oil was discovered in the sea off Cambodia
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Sihanouk Dies due to natural causes in Beijing China
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