{"slug": "khmer-rouge", "label": "Khmer Rouge", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191764", "qid": "Q191764", "description": "followers of the Communist Party, Maoists of Kampuchea in Cambodia (until 1998)", "entries": 10, "years": 8, "span": [1967, 2014], "span_label": ["1967 CE", "2014 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "cambodia", "label": "Cambodia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "vietnam", "label": "Vietnam", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "communism", "label": "Communism", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – The first phase of the Cambodian Civil War begins between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#March", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia, escalating the Cambodian Civil War between the government and the Khmer Rouge.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#October", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 10", "text": "November 10 – Cambodian Civil War: In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging 9 airplanes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#November", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 17", "text": "April 17 – The Khmer Republic surrenders, when the Communist Khmer Rouge guerilla forces capture Phnom Penh ending the Cambodian Civil War, with mass evacuation of American troops and Cambodian civilians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#April", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – The Khmer Rouge begins a forcible mass evacuation of the city and starts the Cambodian genocide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#April", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18– 30 – The Khmer Rouge massacres 3,157 civilians in Ba Chúc, Vietnam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#April", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 25", "text": "December 25 – Vietnam launches a major offensive against the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#December", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 23", "text": "October 23 – In Paris, the Vietnam-backed government of the state of Cambodia signs an agreement with the Khmer Rouge to end the civil war and bring the Khmer Rouge into power despite its role in the Cambodian genocide. The deal ends the Cambodian–Vietnamese War and results in the creation of the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#October", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10 – Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief, Son Sen, and 11 of Sen's family members, before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#June", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2014, "year_label": "2014 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan are found guilty of crimes against humanity and are sentenced to life imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373534475#August", "title": "2014", "revid": 1373534475, "section": "Events › August"}}]}