1. Mandela became
president of the
federation of the
African National
Congress of the
South African
province of Transvaal
left the country in
secret. He travels to
receive military
training in Morocco
and Ethiopia. On his
return to South
Africa,
Mandela organized
several government
protests. In 1963, the
government sent him
to prison for life
was born
in South
Africa on
July 18,
1918.
The United
States deletes
references to
Mandela as a
"terrorist" from
national
databases
Mandela
retires and
hands over
power to
Thabo Mbeki
Mandela is
sworn in as
South
Africa's first
black
president
Nelson Mandela became
his main interlocutor to
negotiate the dismantling
of apartheid and the
transition to a multiracial
democracy, Mandela and
De Klerk shared the
Nobel Peace Prize in
1993.
NELSON
MANDELA
Frederik de
Klerk, the last
white South
African
president,
frees Mandela
December 5, 2013 -
Nelson Mandela dies
at his home in
Johannesburg after
suffering from a
long-standing lung
infection
1918-2013
