Phnom Penh in the Space Age
The atlas holds 8 people and 12 moments here, from 1959 to 2016. The most recorded lives are Norodom Sihanouk, Charles de Gaulle and Pol Pot.
Notable people
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
in 2004
1 moment here
Malaysian civil servant and politician who served as Malaysia’s fifth prime minister from 2003 to 2009.…
Benigno Aquino III
in 2012
1 moment here
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as president of the Philippines from 2010…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1966
1 moment here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Manmohan Singh
in 2012
1 moment here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Norodom Sihanouk
from 1976 to 2011
5 moments here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Pol Pot
in 1975
1 moment here
Cambodian communist revolutionary and dictator, born Saloth Sâr. As leader of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and Democratic Kampuchea, he oversaw a…
Rajendra Prasad
in 1959
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, independence leader, journalist and statesman who became the first President of India, serving from 1950 to 1962.…
Trần Đại Quang
in 2016
1 moment here
Vietnamese police general and politician who served as Minister of Public Security from 2011 to 2016 and as President of Vietnam from April 2016…
Moments
- 1959 State visit to Cambodia Rajendra Prasad
- 1966 Phnom Penh speech on Vietnam Charles de Gaulle
- 1975 Secret arrival in Phnom Penh Pol Pot
- 1976 House arrest at the Royal Palace Norodom Sihanouk
- 1978 House arrest in Phnom Penh suburbs Norodom Sihanouk
- 1991 Return to Phnom Penh Norodom Sihanouk
- 1996 Meeting U.S. Ambassador Quinn at the Royal Palace Norodom Sihanouk
- 2004 Official visit to Phnom Penh Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- 2011 Final public appearance in Phnom Penh Norodom Sihanouk
- 2012 ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh Benigno Aquino III
- 2012 ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh Manmohan Singh
- 2016 State visit to Cambodia Trần Đại Quang