Although the kingdom was proclaimed an independent state on the 2nd of March, every year; Moroccans celebrate independence on the 18th of November. The latter commemorates King Mohammed V accession to the throne and his notorious speech delivered to announce the end of the French control.
In April 1979, Juan Carlos was ready to cede Melilla to Morocco and entrust Ceuta to the international tutelage. This decision was initiated by the American embassy resulting in a meeting between King Hassan II and an envoy sent by Jimmy Carter.
During the reign of Hassan II, the Green March was a turning point in history of the Moroccan political scene. The initiative, announced on the 16th of October 1975, had clearly strengthened the sovereign’s power. Consequently, the opposition in the country offered to engage in the democratic process by abandoning the armed struggle.
In 1960, then Crown Prince Moulay Hassan of Morocco delivered a powerful speech at the United Nations urging the inclusion of the People’s Republic of China, emphasizing fairness and global peace. Flashback.
In the early 1980s, King Hassan II turned the Polisario Front's military and diplomatic «victories» into defeats, a fact acknowledged by the separatist movement itself. In 1983, a CIA document returned on this aspect of the regional conflict.
While stepping on the Moon for the first time, members of the Apollo 11 mission left a message of 73 leaders on the satellite. The message included a statement of King Hassan II, in which he saluted «the great brotherhood of men».
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