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July 18, 2013: Nelson Mandela is Born

On this day in 1918, former South African President Nelson Mandela was born in a small village in Transkei province, South Africa.

The political activist’s negotiations with South African President F.W. de Klerk helped end the country’s apartheid system of racial segregation in the early 1990s. In 1993, both Mandela and de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A year later, Mandela went on to become the nation’s first black president after the country held its first democratic election in 1994. While in office, Mandela continued to work to bring peace and healing to the racially divided nation.

Recently, Nelson Mandela’s health has been an ongoing concern. He has been hospitalized for more than five weeks due to a recurring lung infection and remains in critical yet stable condition.

Retrace Nelson Mandela’s early life with the FRONTLINE’s The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela timeline.

Photo: Nelson Mandela arrives to give a lecture at London School of Economics, 2000 (Wikimedia Commons).

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    I share a birthday with Nelson Mandela! Woah

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    ME AND NELSON MANDELA SHARE BIRTHDAYS.

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