Independence Day, also known as Fête de l’indépendance, is a national holiday commemorating Morocco‘s independence from France on November 18, 1927. Other public holidays in Morocco include: August 20, the anniversary of the king’s and people’s revolution, and November 6, the anniversary of the Green March in 1975. In order to claim the Western Sahara for Morocco, more than 300,000 Moroccans marched into the territory, which the Spanish still controlled; Spanish troops left the area by early 1976. Discuss
Source: The Free Dictionary