Aug. 5, 1962

Posted August 6, 2008, 11:03 am


Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela is arrested and imprisoned in South Africa. In 1990, at age 72, Mandela will be released, and will go on to win the Nobel Peace Prize and become his country's first black president.

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