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Norodom Sihanouk

Norodom Sihanouk regular script was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his semi-retirement and voluntary abdication on 7 October 2004 in favor of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni...

Timeline of Events

1955

3.2.1955

King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit.

1958

8.31.1958

A parcel bomb sent by Ngo Dinh Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.

1970

3.18.1970

Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.

1976

4.4.1976

Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.

1991

11.14.1991

Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.

2004

10.7.2004

King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates.