1918- born at Qunu, near Umtata
1952- opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa.
1944- helped found the ANC Youth League
1952- was instrumental in pushing the ANC into more direct action
1962- arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison
1990- release from prison.
1993- was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1994- inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa
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