<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laotian_Civil_War" id="mw9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Laotian Civil War">Laotian Civil War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathet_Lao" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pathet Lao">Pathet Lao</a> seizes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Laos">Laotian</a> capital of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vientiane" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vientiane">Vientiane</a>, forces the abdication of King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisavang_Vatthana" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sisavang Vatthana">Sisavang Vatthana</a>, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.