The Pathet Lao, meaning Land of the Lao, was a communist-led nationalist movement in Laos. It was formed in 1950 under Prince Souphanouvong, who was nicknamed the Red Prince, with the backing of the Vietnamese communists of the Viet Minh, and its political leader was Kaysone Phomvihane. For a quarter of a century it fought the royal Lao government in a civil war that was entangled with the Vietnam War, during which the United States carried out a huge secret bombing campaign on Laos. In 1975, after the communist victories in Vietnam and Cambodia, the Pathet Lao took power, abolished the monarchy on 2 December and founded the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Before and after
- 1950Fermi paradox
- 1950Publication of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- c. 1950sDuverger's law
- 1950Founding of Olympique Lyonnais
- from 1950 to 1975Rise of Pathet Lao
- from c. 1950s to 1970sRise of brutalist architecture
- 21 January 1950Death of George Orwell
- 26 January 1950Constitution of India
- 15 February 1950Release of Cinderella
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