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1918 Born
1962 The South Africa
n government arrests Nelson Mandela in Howick, and charges him with incitement to rebellion.
1964 Nelson Mandela makes his "I Am Prepared to Die" speech at the opening of the Rivonia Trial, a classic of the anti-apartheid movement.
1964 Nelson Mandela and seven others are sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa
, and sent to the Robben Island prison.
1980 Apartheid: The African National Congress
in South Africa
publishes a statement by their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela which says in part 'UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF UNITED MASS ACTION AND THE HAMMER OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE WE SHALL CRUSH APARTHEID!'
1985 Nelson Mandela rejects an offer of freedom from the South African
government.
1990 Apartheid: In South Africa
, President F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress
to legally function again and promises to free Nelson Mandela.
1990 South Africa
n President F.W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela will be released the next day.
1990 Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison, near Cape Town
, South Africa
.
1994 Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa
's first Black president
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