Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1925)

Pol Pot

Pol Pot was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 until his overthrow in 1979 during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. Under his reign, his administration oversaw the Cambodian genocide, and he is widely believed to be one of the most brutal despots in modern world history. Ideologically a Maoist and Khmer ethnonationalist, Pot was a leader of Cambodia's Communist movement, known as the Khmer Rouge, from 1963 to 1997. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea from 1963 to 1981, during which Cambodia was converted into a one-party state.

Born

1925

May 19

Died

1998

Era

1920s

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1925 Born
1998 Died

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639 Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
715 Pope Gregory II is elected.
934 The Byzantine Empire reconquers Melitene under the leadership of John Kourkouas.
1051 Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.

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The world in 1925

When Pol arrived

april 10 The Russian city of Tsaritsyn is renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.
april 16 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
april 17 The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.
april 19 Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club.

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Andrew Johns 1974– Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster Evgeny Kuznetsov 1992– Russian ice hockey player H. Bonciu 1893– Romanian author, poet, and journalist (died 1950) Heather Watson 1992– British tennis player Malcolm X 1925–1965 American minister and activist (born 1925) Michele Placido 1946– Italian actor and director Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday) 1881– Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (died 1938) Nicholas Winton 1909–2015 English lieutenant and humanitarian (born 1909) Tina Strobos 1920–2012 Dutch physician and psychiatrist (born 1920)

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