1911, 20 April
France offers military support to Abd al Hafid, Sultan of Morocco, to suppress a revolt.
1952, 20 April
A campaign to reduce governmental corruption, and to oust those identified, is begun in Egypt.
1958, 20 April
King Mohamed V of Morocco demands that all Spanish forces are removed from Moroccan territory.
1961, 20 April
As the nationalist uprising of the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA, Popular Liberation Movement of Angola) enters its sixth week, Portugal is warned by the UN that reforms must be introduced.
1964, 20 April
During his testimony at the Rivonia Trial, Nelson Mandela says it is in response to the South African Government's Apartheid policies that African nationalist leaders have resorted to violence.
1979, 20 April
Egyptian president Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat gets an overwhelming majority in a vote for peace treaty with Israel.
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