Khmer Rouge takes Phnom Penh
1975 · Event
Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge enters Phnom Penh; empties cities; begins genocide that kills 1.5-2 million Cambodians.
On these timelines: Master, Southeast Asia, Cold War
Around 1975
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)