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1993 Parliamentary election in Morocco

1990 Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion

1989 Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya form common market

1987 Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39)

1987 Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome

1986 Morocco king Hassan II signs unity treaty with Libya

1985 Said Aouita of Morocco sets 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin

1984 Morocco and Libya sign "Arabic-African Union" treaty

1976 Morocco and Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria

1976 Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession

1975 Spain, Morocco and Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara

1975 Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die

1973 French Caravelle crashes in Morocco, 106 killed

1973 Karim Alami, Morocco, tennis star

1973 Morocco adopts constitution

1972 Morocco King Hassan II's B727 shot at

1971 Failed attempt on King Hassan II Shirat Morocco, 101 killed

1969 Thor Heyerdahl and reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco

1969 Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco

1967 Moulay Brahim Boutaib, born in Morocco, 10k runner 1988 Olympics gold

1967 Khalid Skah, Midelt Morocco, 5k/10k runner

1965 General strike in Morocco against disappearance of Ben Barka

1965 Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs power

1965 Guy Forget, Morocco, tennis star

1964 Ronald Agenor, Rabat Morocco, tennis player, 1989 French quarters

1963 King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco

1963 Morocco and Algeria signs cease fire

1963 Algeria and Morocco border conflict

1963 Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies

1963 Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lieutenant Colonel FAF/astronaut

1962 Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak and Dagger), dies at 72

1962 Libya, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb

1961 Last Spanish troops leave Morocco

1961 King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco

1961 Mohammed V, ibn Yusuf, sultan/King of Morocco, dies at 51

1960 Said Aquita, Morocco, 5K runner 1984 Olympics gold

1960 Earthquake kills 1/3 of Agadir Morocco population (12,000) in 15 sec

1958 Abdallah Ibrahim forms government of Morocco

1958 Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops

1958 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco

1956 Morocco gains independence

1956 International zone of Tangier returns to Morocco

1956 Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco

1956 Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne)

1956 Morocco tears up the Treaty of Fez, declares independence from France

1955 Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussuph V returns to Morocco

1955 Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria

1953 Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed

1948 Jean Reno, born in Casablanca, Morocco, Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jimenez, actor, films include 'The Pink Panther', 'The DaVinci Code', 'Ronin'

1943 Abd al-Azir al-Hasan VI, sultan of Morocco (1894-1907), dies at 62

1943 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country in wartime-FDR leaves for Casablanca, Morocco

1942 U.S. troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey Morocco

1942 1st ships of invasion fleet to Morocco leave Norfolk

1937 Alain Badiou, born in Rabat, Morocco, influential French philosopher, chair, subscribes to an anti-postmodern form of continental philosophy

1935 -11 degrees F (-24 degrees C), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)

1931 Ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), dies at 43

1929 Mawlai al-Hassan II, King of Morocco, 1961-

1927 Spain routes 20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen)

1925 French General of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed

1925 Spain and France fight Morocco

1925 French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco

1925 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco

1924 Michel Galabru, Safi Morocco, actor, Judge and the Assassin

1923 International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco

1922 Rey Hassan, Morroco, King of Morocco, 1961-

1912 Spanish protectorate in Morocco forms

1912 French protectorate in Morocco established

1911 France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo

1911 German boat Panther nears for Agadir Morocco

1911 French troops occupy Fes El Bali Morocco

1909 Mohammed V ibn Yusuf, King of Morocco, 1953, 1955-61

1909 France and Germany sign treaty about Morocco

1907 Abd al-Hafid proclaims himself sultan of Morocco

1906 Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco)

1904 France and Spain sign treaty for Morocco Independence

1904 Jerry Colonna, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Road to Morocco, Road to Singapore

1904 American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco

1889 Vladimir Sokoloff, born in Moscow, Russia, actor, Road to Morocco

1887 Ullrich Haupt, Prussia, actor, Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion

1872 Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general, Morocco


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