Events in the life of Nelson Mandela
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July 18, 1918
Born into Thembu royal family in Mvezo village in southeastern South Africa.
1940
Expelled from University of Fort Hare for participating in a student strike with Oliver Tambo.
1944
Joined the African National Congress (ANC). Married Evelyn Mase, a trainee nurse.
1952
Opened the first black law practice in Johannesburg with Oliver Tambo.
1958
Married social worker Winnie Nomzamo Madikizela after divorcing his first wife.
1961
Helped establish ANC guerrilla wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, or Spear of the Nation.
June 12, 1964
Mandela and six others were sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to notorious Robben Island prison off Cape Town.
1973
Refused a government offer of release on condition he agreed to a kind of exile in his native Transkei.
July 5, 1989
Met President P.W. Botha.
February 11, 1990
Released from prison to cheering crowds.
July 5, 1991
Elected ANC president. The government, the ANC and 17 other political groups began formal negotiations on a new constitution.
October 15, 1993
Won Nobel Peace Prize with de Klerk for their work in negotiating an end to apartheid.
May 10, 1994
Inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president after the ANC wins the first all-race election.
July 18, 1998
Married former Mozambican first lady Graca Machel on his 80th birthday after divorcing Winnie.
1999
Stepped down as president after one term, but continued to be active in promoting world peace and fighting AIDS.
June 1, 2004
Announced retirement from public life.
January 6, 2005
Announced that his only surviving son Makgatho had died of AIDS.
April 19, 2009
Made his final political address in a recorded message at an ANC election rally.
June 8, 2013
Admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection. Officials described his condition as serious but stable.
December 5, 2013
Mandela died in his Johannesburg home at age 95.
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