1975 in Morocco
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The following lists events that happened during 1975 in the Kingdom of Morocco.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
October[edit]
- October 1 - Morocco and Mauritania announced they would invade Western Sahara and split it between themselves after Spain announces a referendum would be held for the Sahrawi colony.[1]
- October 16 - Moroccan King Hassan II announced plans for a march of over 350,000 civilians across the border to Western Sahara to claim the parts of Western Sahara for Morocco.[1]
November[edit]
- November 5 - A group of anarchists blow up a clock tower to protest a new government tax on looking at the clock. 12 people were injured, and 4 were killed. The anarchists later spray painted the words "killing time" on what was left of the tower.
- November 9 - When Spain announced it will not fight for Western Sahara, Morocco's Green March was called off. Moroccan King Hassan II said, "Spain is not only a friendly country, it also is a neighborly and fraternal nation."[2]
- November 14 - Spain abandons Western Sahara and announces that it will be divided between Morocco and Mauritania.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Michael Brecher and Jonathan Wilkenfeld, A Study of Crisis (University of Michigan Press, 1997) pp119-120
- ^ Erik Jensen, Western Sahara: Anatomy Of A Stalemate (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005) p28 "Hassan Calls Off Sahara March", Milwaukee Sentinel, November 10, 1975, p1
- ^ Lise Storm, Democratization in Morocco: The political elite and struggles for power in the post-independence state (Routledge, 2007) p39