
Lived: Jul 18, 1918 – Dec 05, 2013 (age 95)
Height: 6′ 0″
Spouse: Graça Machel (m. 1998 – 2013) · Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (m. 1958 – 1996) · Evelyn Mase (m. 1944 – 1958)
Parties: African National Congress · South African Communist Party
Education: University of South Africa · University of the Witwatersrand (1943 – 1949) · University of Fort Hare (1939 – 1940) · University of London International Programmes · University of London · Healdtown Comprehensive School (1937 – 1939)
Founded: Umkhonto we Sizwe · Truth and Reconciliation Commission · African National Congress Youth League · The Elders

Photograph of young Mandela, taken in Umtata in 1937
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(1918) A South African political icon is born.
Also on this day,
1334 | First artist of the Renaissance, Giotto, begins work on a bell tower
Also on this day,
1334 | First artist of the Renaissance, Giotto, begins work on a bell tower
Florence Cathedral needs a new campanile, or bell tower, and Italian artist Giotto di Bondone, famous for his paintings and frescoes, begins work on what will be a 277-foot structure made vibrant with geometric patterns of Carrara white, Prato green, and Siena red marble.1927 | A ferocious batter, Ty Cobb, becomes the first to hit 4 grand
Once described as “daring to the point of dementia,” baseball player Ty Cobb has a surly reputation to match his spectacular play on the field, and now he adds to his legend by getting his 4,000th hit for a double off of his old Tigers teammate, pitcher Sam Gibson.1976 | A Romanian gymnast, Comăneci, performs a flawless Olympic routine
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci, 14, is rewarded for her Montreal Olympics uneven bars routine with the unprecedented score of a perfect 10. The first perfect score in modern Olympics history stuns the sports world and will catapult Comăneci to international fame.
Today in History 07/18/17

Date: Jul 18, 1969

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