Biography:Often referred to as the father of the nation by South Africans, Nelson Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist and politician who served 27 years in prison.
After being freed in 1990 he became the President of the African National Congress (1991-97) before being elected the first black President of his country in a fully multiracial election in 1994.
For his activism, he received over 250 honors, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Soviet Order of Lenin.
Born:July 18, 1918 Birthplace:Mvezo, Umtatu, South Africa
1990-02-02 South African President F. W. de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela & legalizes ANC & 60 other political organisations
1990-02-10 South African President F. W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on February 11th
1990-02-11 Nelson Mandela is released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa
1990-06-05 South African troops plunder Nelson Mandela's home
1990-06-20 Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US
1990-06-22 Nelson Mandela addresses the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid in New York, saying that nothing has occurred in South Africa to reverse the ANC's position
1990-06-23 African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, on a US tour, receives a tumultuous welcome in Boston
1990-06-25 African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela meets with President George H. W. Bush at the White House
1990-08-16 South African President F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela hold emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto
1990-12-13 South African President F. W. de Klerk meets with Nelson Mandela to discuss the end of apartheid
1991-01-29 Nelson Mandela and anti-Apartheid leader and Zulu prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years
1991-06-26 ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress
1991-09-05 Nelson Mandela chosen as president of African National Congress
1992-07-27 Nelson Mandela says a general strike will go ahead to protest for the removal of South African President F. W. de Klerk from power and for free elections
1993-10-15 Nelson Mandela and South African President F. W. de Klerk awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1994-03-07 ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa
1994-05-06 Nelson Mandela and the ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa's first post apartheid election
1994-05-10 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president
1994-08-15 South African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning
1994-10-01 South African President Nelson Mandela visits US
1996-07-07 Nelson Mandela steps down as President of South Africa
1998-07-12 South African President Nelson Mandela accompanies Queen Elizabeth II on a coach drive through the streets of London
1998-08-11 Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian National Authority president, Yasser Arafat, arrives in Cape Town on his first state visit to South Africa at the invitation of President Nelson Mandela
2003-11-29 The first of Nelson Mandela's 46664 AIDS benefit concerts held at Green Point Stadium, Capetown
2004-07-17 Former South African President Nelson Mandela calls for commitment by the world to take action against AIDS
2018-07-17Barack Obama gives speech honoring Nelson Mandela and warning of "strongman politics" in Johannesburg, South Africa
Quotes by Nelson Mandela
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
- Education
Cyril Ramaphosa
J. B. M. Hertzog
Jan Smuts
Louis Botha
P. W. Botha
Thabo Mbeki