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Date of Birth
Born in the Transkei, South Africa -
Enters Shool
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Starts College
18 Years old -
Enters University
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Expelled
Expelled from Fort Hare university for activism -
The Spark
Begins to attend ANC meetings informally -
Getting involved in school politics
Co-founds ANC Youth League Marries Evelyn Ntoko Mase -
Big Leap in ANCYL
Elected national secretary of ANCYL later to president -
Fist Big Leap
Campaign of civil disobedience Opens South Africa's first black law practice with Oliver Tambo -
High Treason
One of 156 activists charged with high treason -
Adult Hood
Marries Winnie Madikizela -
Rebeling
Goes underground to form armed wing -
Imprisonment
Sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage and high treason. Sent to maximum-security jail on Robben Island -
Transfer
Leaves Robben Island for Pollsmoor Prison -
Freedom
Released -
Recognized
Wins the Nobel Peace Prize with F.W. de Klerk the last apartheid president -
Presidency
Elected president after the ANC wins South Africa's first multiracial elections -
Remarried
Marries Graca Machel -
Done with Presidency
Steps down after one term as president -
Away from the public
Withdraws from public life -
Death
Dies aged 95