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Desmond Tutu borns in Klerksdorp.
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Tutu receives his teacher's diploma.
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Desmond marries Leah Nomalizo Shenxane.
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Between 1962 and 1966 received a master's degree in theology in London.
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Tutu begins his duties as lecturer at the University of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland.
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Tutu calls for economic sanction against the South African goverment on Danish television.
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Blacks begin killing other Blacks for suspected collaboration with their white oppressors. - Tutu receives the Nobel prize in recognition of his peaceful struggle against apartheid in Oslo, Norway.
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Tutu becames the bishop of Johannesburg.
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Tutu is elected Archbishop of Cape Town of the Anglican Church in South Africa. - Botha the president declares a state of emergency to deal withblack unrest.
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Today Desmond is still alive with 81 years.