Nelson Mandela mediated between the MPLA and UNITA factions during the last years of Angola's civil war.

* 1962 – Nelson Mandela is jailed.

Some ANC members were upset by the actions of the MK, and refused to accept violence as necessary for the ending of Apartheid, but these individuals became a minority as the militant leaders such as Nelson Mandela gained significant popularity.

After facilitator Julius Nyerere's death in October 1999, the regional leaders appointed Nelson Mandela as Facilitator of the Arusha peace process.

* 1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.

de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela.

He won the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize in 1991, the Prince of Asturias Award in 1992 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 along with Nelson Mandela for his role in the ending of apartheid.

He was one of the Deputy Presidents of South Africa during the presidency of Nelson Mandela until 1996, the last white person to hold the position to date.

Frederik de Klerk and Nelson Mandela shake hands at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum held in Davos in January 1992.

He lifted the ban on the African National Congress ( ANC ) and released Nelson Mandela.

After the first free elections in 1994, de Klerk became deputy president in the government of national unity under Nelson Mandela, a post he kept until 1996.

" About Nelson Mandela he said, " When Mandela goes it will be a moment when all South Africans put away their political differences, will take hands, and will together honour maybe the biggest South African that has ever lived.

Nelson Mandela received his Freedom of the City here in 1993.

On 18 July 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Graça Machel, and Desmond Tutu convened a group of world leaders to contribute their wisdom, independent leadership and integrity to tackle some of the world's toughest problems.

Nelson Mandela announced the formation of this new group, The Elders, in a speech he delivered on the occasion of his 89th birthday.

* While incarcerated on Robben Island prison, Nelson Mandela recited the poem to other prisoners and was empowered by its message of self-mastery.

* 1980 – The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.

* 1964 – Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.

* 1918 – Nelson Mandela, South African politician, President of South Africa and Nobel Prize laureate

* Nelson Mandela International Day

This diplomatic breakthrough followed years of negotiation, including a visit by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to Libya in December 1998, and personal appeals by Nelson Mandela.

Led by dictator Hastings Banda, Malawi was the only African country to maintain close relations with White-ruled South Africa until the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela.

* 1990 – Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.

* 1994 – Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.

After a meeting with the suspicious Ottoman commander Sayyid Muhammad Kurayyim, Nelson ordered the British fleet northwards, reaching the coast of Anatolia on 4 July and turning westwards back towards Sicily.

However, under this definition Jesus, Muhammad and Nelson Mandela are examples of individuals who have practised violent direct action.

It was presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 by the ruler of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali, in commemoration of the victories of Lord Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Sir Ralph Abercromby at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801.

Over the years Nikita Khrushchev, Soong May-ling ( Madame Chiang Kai-shek ), Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Muhammad Ali, Charles de Gaulle, Robert Redford, Boris Yeltsin, Elizabeth Taylor, Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat, and the Dalai Lama and Angelina Jolie have all spoken at the club.

Over his career, Riley has interviewed former President Bill Clinton, South African President Nelson Mandela, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, former New York mayor David Dinkins, current New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, Lena Horne, Spike Lee, Max Roach, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Muhammad Ali, Cornel West, and Don King.

Slone ’ s art has become popular with notable collectors including Donald Trump, Hugh Hefner, Glenn Schaeffer, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela and many more.

He has also performed with Roy Brooks, Buddy Rich, George Benson, Rabih Abou Khalil, Roy Ayers, Oliver Nelson, Gary Bartz, Rashied Ali and Pharoah Sanders, as well as appearing on the live album The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux ( 1977 ).

Another sanitized version was adapted for live television in 1955 ( with Nelson Eddy, Gale Sherwood and Salvatore Baccaloni as Ali Ben Ali ).

120 days, Aaron, Abd Al Malik, Acoustic Ladyland, Adamo, Adrienne Pauly, Agoria, Akli D, Akron Family, Alexander Kowalski, Amon Tobin, Babet, Beat Assailant, Benjy Ferree, Bloc Party, Brigitte Fontaine, Bromheads Jacket, Bunny Wailer, Capleton, Cassius, Cold War Kids, Death Before Disco, Deerhoof, Dub Incorporation, Dubmood, Eiffel, Elista, Emily Loizeau, Enter Shikari, Ephel Duath, Erik Truffaz Quartet, Exson Valdes, Feist, Florent Marchet, Francesco Tristano Schlimé, Galaxy Naast, Goose, Gotan Project, Guns of Brixton, Hommage à Ali Farka Touré avec Hamadoun Tandina & Amadou Bagayoko, Herman Düne, Improvisators Dub & Iration Steppas, Ivan Smagghe, J. Tillman, Jacques Higelin, Jamika, Jeanne Cherhal, Jesse Sykes, Joan As Police Woman, Joanna Newsom, Joeystarr, Julie Doiron, Juliette Gréco, Just Jack, Justice, Katel, Khalid K, Kruger, Laurent Korcia, Les Fatals Picards, Plastiscines, L ' Oiseau Bleu, Loney Dear, Mademoiselle K, Malouma, Mamani Keita, Manimal, Mano Solo, Marie Cherrier, Maxïmo Park, Mayra Andrade, Metronomy, Mick Est Tout Seul, Miossec, Missill, Mitsoura, Mystic revelation of rastafari, Nadj, Nelson, Nosfell, Olivia Ruiz, Oxmo Puccino and The Jazzbastards, Pave, Peter Bjorn & John, Peter von Poehl, Phoenix, Pierre Lapointe, Pravda, Riké, Rocé, Rose, Sanseverino, Seb Martel, Shannon Wright, Sikth, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Socalled, Son Of Dave Syrano, Tekel, The Automatic, John Butler Trio, The John Venture, The Konki Duet, The Procussions, The Rakes, Third World, Tinariwen, Transmission 0, TTC, Yelle, Daddy Longlegs ( Découverte du Printemps )

Other famous owners included Dick Martin ( 1971 ), Lucille Ball ( who got her 1971 Blackhawk as a gift from her husband Gary Morton with a dash plaque saying I Love Lucy-Gary ), Sammy Davis Jr. ( who owned two 1972, one for himself and one for his wife ), Dean Martin ( who owned three and crashed his 1972 Blackhawk with vanity plate DRUNKY ), Robert Goulet ( 1972 ), Evel Knievel ( 1974 ), Wilson Pickett ( 1974 ), Luigi Colani ( 1974 ), Johnnie Taylor ( 1975 ), Johnny Cash ( 1975 ), Curd Jürgens ( 1977 ), Larry Holmes ( 1982 ), as well as Jerry Lewis, Liberace, Willie Nelson, Lou Brock, Isaac Hayes, Muhammed Ali, George Foreman, Tom Jones, Billy Joel, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Al Pacino, Wayne Newton and H. B.

Tiger Ali Singh ( in orange ) executing a flying Professional wrestling throws # Bulldog | Bulldog off the top rope against Nelson Frazier, Jr. | Viscera

Whipper Whip appears in the music video for Ice-T's 1988 hit " High Rollers " and has guest appearances on records by The Beatnuts, Brother Ali, De La Soul, DJ Z-Trip, O. G. Funk Billy Bass Nelson & the Funkadelicks.

** Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg, Brandie Lane & David Sabee for Quincy Porter: Complete Viola Works ( performed by Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams )

She has even regaled royalty during a private command performance aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia before the Prince and late Princess of Wales, as well as having performed for Nelson Mandela and Quincy Jones.

By the mid-1950s Putnam was one of the most sought-after engineer-producers in the United States, and Universal Recording had become so successful that clients including Nelson Riddle, Mitch Miller and Quincy Jones began urging him to open a facility on the west coast.

Other arrangers of note include Vic Schoen, Pete Rugolo, Oliver Nelson, Johnny Richards, Billy May, Thad Jones, Maria Schneider, Bob Brookmeyer, Steve Sample, Sr, Lou Marini, Nelson Riddle, Ralph Burns, Billy Byers, Gordon Jenkins, Ray Conniff, Henry Mancini, Gordon Goodwin, and Ray Reach.

Graham ’ s father-in-law, L. Nelson Bell, mailed a fiery ten-page letter to most members of the BJU faculty and student body ( as well as to thousands of pastors across the country ) accusing Jones of “ hatred, distortions, jealousies, envying, malice, false witnessing, and untruthfulness .”

Notable Harvey Mudd College alumni include astronauts George " Pinky " Nelson ( 1972 ) and Stan Love ( 1987 ), and diplomat Richard H. Jones ( 1972 ).

Noteworthy performers included: Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Gil Evans, Stan Kenton, Johnny Richards, Sun Ra, Gary MacFarland, Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Carla Bley, Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Big Band, Sam Rivers, Don Ellis, Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Anthony Braxton.

* 1957 studio cast recording ( starring Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy, with Frank Poretta, Susan Johnson, and Portia Nelson )

Notable High School Athletes: Lloyd Reiman, Richard Doud, Kirby Schofield, Jim Petoske, Doug Fosheim, Allen Evans, Jeff Jones, Pat Jones, Wade Nelson, Steve Reiman, Mark Reiman, Brad Hand, Justin Koehler, Kory Petoske, Kevin Petoske, Jesse Block and Adam Nemec.

The twelve founding Board of Directors members included Mary Costa, Edith Head, Gale Storm, Marc Davis, Tony Duquette, Harold Grieve, John Hench, Chuck Jones, Henry Mancini, Marty Paich, Nelson Riddle and Millard Sheets.

Adams has also produced albums for Jesse Malin and Willie Nelson and collaborated with Counting Crows, Weezer, Norah Jones, America, Minnie Driver, Cowboy Junkies, Leona Naess, Toots & the Maytals, Beth Orton and Krista Polvere.

Jones is one of the participants in the so-called ' Hank Williams Project ' overseen by Bob Dylan, and reportedly including contributions from Willie Nelson, Jack White, Lucinda Williams, and Alan Jackson.

Mother Jones wrote: " Texans have known for 15 years what Red Headed Stranger finally revealed to the world – that Nelson is simply too brilliant a songwriter, interpreter, and singer – just too damn universal – to be defined as merely a country artist ".

Nelson returned to The Jayes in late 1977, and was replaced the following year by Sandra " Puma " Jones, a social worker from South Carolina, USA, who had previously worked as a dancer for Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus, and as a member of the group Mama Africa.

Every year he exhibited work of one class or another: occasionally a public monument in the round, like those of Pasquale Paoli ( 1798 ) or Captain Montague ( 1802 ) for Westminster Abbey, of Sir William Jones for University College, Oxford ( 1797 – 1801 ), of Nelson or Howe for St Paul's Cathedral ; more often memorials for churches, with symbolic Acts of Mercy or illustrations of Scripture texts, both commonly in low relief ( 1801 ), Miss Cromwell, Chichester ( 1800 ), Mrs Knight, Milton, Cambridge ( 1802 ), and many more ; and these pious labours he would vary from time to time with a classical piece like those of his earliest predilection.

* 1966: Oliver Nelson: Happenings with Hank Jones ( Impulse!

* Jimmy and Ben Rainey, Bill and Pete Spettle, Soupy Jones, Needle Nelson, Jasper Fant, Bert Borum, Lippy Jones, Sean and Allen O ' Brien — Other hands hired by Call to work the cattle drive.

Some notable current and retired jazz musicians in Hawaii include Gabe Baltazar ( saxophone ), Henry Allen ( guitar ), Adam Baron ( drums ), Vic Castellini ( Drums ), David Choy ( saxophone ), Rich Crandall ( piano ), Dan Del Negro ( keyboards ), Pierre Grill ( piano / keyboards / trombone ), Bruce Hamada ( bass ), DeShannon Higa ( trumpet ), Jim Howard ( piano ), Steve Jones ( bass ), John Kolivas ( bass ), Ryan Kunimura ( saxophone ), Noel Okimoto ( drums / percussion / vibes ), Michael Paulo ( reeds ), Rene Paulo ( acoustic grand piano ) was a forerunner of recording Hawaiian music in the jazz venue in the early 1960s and is one of Hawaii's legendary music greats, Robert Shinoda ( guitar ), Arex Ikehara ( bass ), Phil Bennett ( drums ), Aron Nelson ( piano ), Tennyson Stephens ( piano ), Dean Taba ( bass ), Betty Loo Taylor ( piano ), Tim Tsukiyama ( saxophone ) and Abe Lagrimas Jr. ( drums / ukulele / vibes ).

The Tubes ' live shows in the late 1970s and early 1980s were rife with allusions to mainstream film ( Dr. Strangelove, Rollerball, Saturday Night Fever, Grease ), then-forgotten B-movies ( Wild Women of Wongo, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman ), music ( Tom Jones, punk rock, a medley of Nelson Riddle television themes ), contemporary pop culture ( Patty Hearst, the Viking program ), television ( Let's Make a Deal, Fernwood 2Nite, the anime Raideen ), and literature ( Nelson Algren's A Walk on the Wild Side ), presaging the subcultural reverence and over-the-top theatricality of later groups like The World / Inferno Friendship Society.

* Jack Jones ( association footballer born 1891 ) ( 1891 – 1948 ), English football defender for Birmingham, Nelson and Crewe

He has been cited as a source of inspiration by such notable artists as Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Guthrie Thomas, John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, Cowboy Junkies, Vetiver, Guy Clark, Devendra Banhart, Norah Jones, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, The Be Good Tanyas, Josh Ritter, Gillian Welch, Garth Brooks, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, and Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon.

Examples of town bullies include Biff Tannen from the Back to the Future series of movies, the real life case of Ken Rex McElroy who conducted a 20-year campaign terrorizing three counties in northwest Missouri, and Nelson Muntz as the main bully in The Simpsons television series, with Jimbo Jones, Dolph and Kearney Zzyzwicz as his cronies.

Hill, Pee Wee Crayton, Harry Choates, Lightnin ' Hopkins, Gatemouth Brown, Leadbelly, Big Mama Thorton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sippie Wallace, Victoria Spivey, Mance Lipscomb, Scott Joplin, Hot Lips Page, Gene Ramey, Jack Teagarden, Teddy Wilson, Kenny Dorham, Ella Mae Morse, Charles Brown, Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, George Jones, Leon Payne, Tex Ritter, Roger Miller, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Johnny Horton, George Strait, Jim Reeves, Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Ray Price, Doug Sahm / Sir Douglas Quintet / Texas Tornados, Clifton Chenier, T-Bone Burnett, Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Taylor, Lydia Mendoza, Flaco Jimenez, Santiago Jimenez Sr., Beto Villa, Narcisco Martinez, Archie Bell & the Drells, Dustin Adams, Johnny Guitar Watson, Yolanda Adams, Ornette Coleman, King Curtis, Mickey Newbury, Phil Ochs, Townes Van Zandt, Selena Quintanilla, Pantera, Steve Miller Band, Boz Scaggs, Charlie Sexton, Janis Joplin, ZZ Top, Eric Johnson and many others.