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2004 Spalding Gray, actor/writer, Swimming to Cambodia, dies at 62

1997 Ung Huot appointed Cambodia's 1st premier

1994 Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13

1993 Norodom Sihanouk again installed as king of Cambodia

1989 Red Khmer occupies Pailin in Cambodia

1989 Last Vietnamese soldier leaves Cambodia

1981 Cambodia adopts its constitution

1979 Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia

1977 Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam

1977 U.S. restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia

1976 Cambodia Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as premier

1976 Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"

1975 French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia

1975 Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea National Day)

1975 Cambodia President Lon Nol flees for Red Khmer

1973 U.S. ends secret bombing of Cambodia

1972 General Lon Nol becomes President and prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia

1970 Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence

1970 U.S. ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia

1970 50,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia

1970 Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees

1969 Cambodia recognizes East Germany

1967 Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares U.S. aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia

1966 U.S. troops shooting targets in Cambodia

1965 Patricia Hy-Boulais, Cambodia, tennis star, 1994 Auckland doubles

1965 Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the U.S.

1960 Prince Norodom Sihanoek becomes head of Cambodia

1958 Ex-king Norodom Sihanoek appointed premier of Cambodia

1955 King Norodom Sihanukh of Cambodia succeeded by his father

1953 Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union

1951 De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered

1950 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union

1950 Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia

1946 Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union

1922 Norodom Sihanouk, king/president/prem Cambodia, My War with the CIA

1863 Cambodia becomes French protectorate


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