The Cambodian genocide was carried out by the Khmer Rouge regime led by Pol Pot after it took power in Phnom Penh in 1975. The regime tried to build a radical agrarian communist society, emptied the cities, abolished money, schools and religion, and forced people into labour on farms and building projects. Hundreds of thousands were executed, including at the Tuol Sleng prison, and many more died of starvation, disease and overwork, with total deaths often estimated at around one and a half to two million. The regime was overthrown after a Vietnamese invasion, and later a tribunal convicted several of its leaders.
Before and after
- 3 February 1975Death of Umm Kulthum
- 4 April 1975Founding of Microsoft
- 5 April 1975Death of Chiang Kai-shek
- from 13 April 1975 to 13 October 1990Lebanese Civil War
- from 17 April 1975 to 7 January 1979Cambodian genocide
- 30 April 1975Fall of Saigon
- from 1 May 1975 to 23 October 1991Third Indochina War
- 2 May 1975Birth of David Beckham
- 8 May 1975Birth of Enrique Iglesias
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- 27 December 1945Founding of World Bank
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