Today, 50 years ago, on November 20, 1975 (Calendar 18 October 1975), the Spanish dictator Franco died. Franco, the dictator who ruled Spain for 36 years, on November 20, 1975, the Spanish lifetime regent and fascist military dictator Franco died in Madrid because of his illness. Franco was born on December 4, 1892. In 1907 he entered the Infantry Academy to study for three years after graduation. After graduation he served in the army. In 1935 he was promoted to the Chief of Staff of the Army. In July 1936, he launched an armed uprising against the government of the People's Front. Under the support of the German fascists, in March 1939, he overthrew the republican government. Franco became the head of the nation, graduated three years later, allowing only the party of the Fascists to legally exist and