TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

KING NORODOM SIHANOUK PROCLAIMED INDEPENDANCE FROM FRANCE

US BOMBING IN CAMBODIA BEGINS

KHMUR ROUGE FORCES, LED BY POL POT, CAPTURED THE PHNOM PENH CITY

Vietnam Invades Cambodia Over-Throwing Pol Pot

VIETNAMESE OCCUPY PHNOM PENH DRIVING POL POT TO THE THAI BORDER

POL POT IS CONVICTED OF TEASON

POL POT DIES IN A JUNGLE HIDEOUT WHILE ON THE RUN

LAST KHMER ROUGE GUERRILLA SOLDIERS SURRENDER