1970 Cambodian coup d'état
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The 1970 Cambodian coup d'état was the removal of the Cambodian Chief of State, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, after a vote in the National Assembly on 18 March 1970. Emergency powers were subsequently invo
Washington 1959: Prince Sihanouk and President Eisenhower
Beijing 1965: (from left) Mao Zedong, Peng Zhen, Norodom Sihanouk and Liu Shaoqi
Lon Nol, early 1970s
Affirming Cambodia's realignment following the coup, US vice president Spiro Agnew (second right) visited Phnom Penh in August 1970 (Prime Minister Lon Nol, second left, President Cheng Heng, far right). In tandem with Henry Kissinger, Agnew had urged Nixon to invade Cambodia a month after the coup in a meeting on 22 April.
Sisowath Kossamak
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Sisowath Kossamak was Queen of Cambodia from 1955 to 1960 as the wife of King Norodom Suramarit and reigning Queen of Cambodia from 1960 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1970. After her husband'
Kossamak in 1965
Family portrait of a young Norodom Sihanouk, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Suramarit.
The Queen Mother with Prince Sihanouk and former US First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1967.