Nelson mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

By duakhan

  • Nelson Mandela

    On this day, Nelson Mandela was born. He was born in Mvezo, South Africa.

  • Nelson Mandela

    Enrols at the University College of Fort Hare, in Alice. Although he is then expelled in 1940.

  • Marries Evelyn Mase and co-founds the ANC Youth League

  • Gets arrested and charged with high treason with 155 others

  • Divorces Evelyn Mase and marries Winnie Madikizela

  • Secretly leaves the country for military training

  • Arrested and sentenced to five years in prison for leaving the country without a passport

  • Joins 10 others on trial for sabotage in the Rivonia Trial

  • Goes to jail again with 7 others for 27 years

  • While serving 27-year prison term he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and was then treated in the hospital for 3 months

  • Released from Victor Verster Prison and leads ANC delegation in talks with the government

  • Is awarded Nobel Peace Prize with FW de Klerk for their efforts to end apartheid

  • Votes in South Africa’s first democratic election and is inaugurated as President. His his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, is also published

  • Starts the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and donates to it a third of his presidential salary

  • Steps down after only one term as president and starts the Nelson Mandela Foundation

  • Starts the 46664 campaign to highlight HIV and AIDS and starts the Mandela Rhodes Foundation

  • Retires

  • Formation of Mandela Day

  • Nelson Mandela International Day is formed

  • Publishes his book, Conversations with Myself

  • Publishes his book, Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations

  • Passes away peacefully at his home in Johannesburg aged 95

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