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He was born on July 18th, 1918
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He founded the Youth League of the African National Congress.
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He married with his first wife, Evelyn. They had a daughter and two son.
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Mandela and others are arrested and charged under the Suppression of Communism Act. They received a suspended prison sentence.
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He was elected national vice-president of the ANC.
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He married Winnie Madikizela. They separated in April 1992 and divorced four years later.
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He left the country in secret. He traveled to receive military training in Morocco and Ethiopia. On his return to South Africa, he was captured and sentenced to five years in prison for illegally leaving the country.
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While he was serving with the sentence of five years in prison, Mandela was accused for conspiracy and sabotage.
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Mandela and seven others were sentenced to life imprisonment in Robben Island, a prison off the coast of Cape Town.
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Mandela is released.
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He was elected president of the ANC.
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He won the Nobel Peace Prize
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Mandela swore as the first black president of South Africa.
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USA lawmakers erased references to Mandela as a "terrorist" from the national databases.
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Nelson Mandela died in his home in Johannesburg after suffering a long lung infection.
