THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 17
April 17 in history
What happened on April 17: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1975, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Forced evacuation of Phnom Penh
17 Apr 1975 — Khmer Rouge troops order the whole city, swollen by refugees to about two million people, into the countryside, hospital patients included. Thousands die on the roads. It is the first act of a regime under which 1.5 to 2.2 million Cambodians died. Remember them.
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