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Events on Wednesday 18 March 1970 1
1970Sihanouk Overthrown in CambodiaGeneral Lon Nol seizes power in Phnom PenhPrime Minister Lon Nol led a parliamentary coup that removed Head of State Norodom Sihanouk while he was abroad, declaring Cambodia a republic. The coup drew Cambodia directly into the Vietnam War and helped ignite the civil war that would bring the Khmer Rouge to power.