The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Civil_War" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cambodian Civil War">Cambodian Civil War</a> ends. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge" id="mwxw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Khmer Rouge">Khmer Rouge</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Phnom_Penh" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fall of Phnom Penh">captures</a> the capital <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phnom_Penh" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Phnom Penh">Phnom Penh</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_National_Armed_Forces" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Khmer National Armed Forces">Cambodian government forces</a> surrender.