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Events on Tuesday 19 May 1925 1
1925 – 1998Pol Pot (1925-1998)Died 15 April 1998, aged 72Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge regime that killed an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979, died on 15 April 1998 while under house arrest in the Cambodian jungle, days before he was expected to face international trial. His death closed the door on any formal reckoning for the era's chief architect.