| 1/15/95 | American Susan Hadden is killed by the Khmer Rouge near Banteay Srey temple. |
| 1/7/79 | Vietnamese take Phnom Penh and install Hun Sen as prime minister of Cambodia. |
| 10/9/70 | Cambodian monarchy abolished. The country subsequently is named the Khmer Republic. |
| 11/9/53 | Independence Day. |
| 2/3/30 | Founding of the ICP, the Indochinese Communist Party. |
| 3/30/97 | A grenade blast rips through a demonstration organized by the Khmer Nation Party, killing 19 and wounding 120 others, including an American political consultant. |
| 4/11/94 | Three Westerners are taken hostage along Route 4 in southern Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge and subsequently executed. |
| 4/17/75 | Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge roll into Phnom Penh and seize control of Cambodia. |
| 5/19/28 | The birthdate of Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge. |
| 5/24/563BC | Birth of Buddha. |
| 6/18/96 | Ieng Sary, a top Khmer Rouge leader, defects to the government, bringing with him 1000 KR guerrillas, their weapons and 20 tanks. |
| 6/19/51 | Army-people solidarity day celebrates the founding of the Cambodian People's Armed Forces. |
| 7/26/94 | Three Western tourists bound for Sihanoukville by train are taken hostage by the Khmer Rouge and subsequently executed. |
| 7/5/97 | Hun Sen ousts Norodom Ranariddh in a coup which kills more than 50 people. |
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