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

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

However, Pretoria's political reputation was changed with the inauguration of Nelson Mandela on the 10th May 1994 as the country's first non-apartheid President at the Union Buildings close to Pretoria CBD.

He also acted as President of the country when President Nelson Mandela was out of the country.

In 1994, when Nelson Mandela was elected President, it was estimated that of South Africa's 44 million inhabitants, 7. 7 million lived in these settlements.

* Nelson Mandela is elected President of South Africa in 1994, becoming the first black President in South African history ending a long legacy of apartheid white-rule in the country.

* Opposition against Apartheid in South Africa and worldwide grows to a mass international condemnation of racial segregation policies comes to a peak by December 1989 in the Springbok summit when SA President de Klerk grants clemency to imprisoned ANC activist Nelson Mandela who was released in February 1990.

* July 18 – Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

** President of South Africa P. W. Botha meets the imprisoned Nelson Mandela face to face for the first time.

For an example of the form that morganatic unions tend to take amongst African royalty, we have only to look at the biography of the continent's favourite son: President Nelson Mandela, the former leader of South Africa.

Sam Nujoma was sworn in as the first President of Namibia watched by Nelson Mandela ( who had been released from prison shortly beforehand ) and representatives from 147 countries, including 20 heads of state.

In July 1997, visiting South African President Nelson Mandela visited Suharto as well as the imprisoned Xanana Gusmão.

In 1992, South African President F. W. de Klerk met with Nelson Mandela and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi at the annual meeting, their first joint appearance outside South Africa.

Douglas Hurd, once Home's private secretary, and many years later his successor ( after seven intermediate holders of the post ) as Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, wrote this personal comment: " The three most courteous men I knew in politics were Lord Home, King Hussein of Jordan, and President Nelson Mandela.

LeBlanc welcomed to Rideau Hall the Queen, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, along with a host of foreign dignitaries such as United States president Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary ; King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan, and later Hussein's son, King Abdullah II, and his wife Queen Rania ; as well as President of South Africa Nelson Mandela ; and President of China Jiang Zemin.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been the honorary president of UWC since 1999.

A letter in support of MacAskill's decision was sent to the Scottish Government on behalf of former South African President Nelson Mandela.

In January 2000, Holbrooke used the United States ' presidency of the UN Security Council to spotlight a series of crises in Africa, holding six consecutive UN debates that brought together leaders from the region and the across the globe, including former South African President Nelson Mandela and then U. S. Vice President Al Gore, to catalyze more effective UN interventions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and elsewhere.

In July 1998, Mrs Machel married the then South African President Nelson Mandela.

A memorial at the Mbuzini crash site was inaugurated on January 19, 1999 by Nelson Mandela and his wife Graça, and by President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique.

The first President to be elected under the new constitution was Nelson Mandela, and the incumbent president is Jacob Zuma.

On the morning of March 12, 1947, President Harry S. Truman appeared before Congress to ask for $ 400 million of aid to Greece and Turkey.

The year after it appeared, President Kennedy ordered his Science Advisory Committee to investigate Carson's claims.

On September 20 President Obama appeared on all major news programs except Fox News, a snub partially in response to remarks about the president by commentators Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity and Fox coverage of Obama's health-care proposal.

( A letter from President Kennedy advising the use of fallout shelters appeared in the September 1961 issue of Life magazine.

In March 1971 elements of the military were deployed to Freetown in Sierra Leone after the Sierra Leonean President, Stevens, appeared to start losing his control of the military.

In the first years of Kyrgyzstan's full independence, President Askar Akayev appeared wholeheartedly committed to the reform process.

In the run up to the 2009 elections ( Presidential, Assembly, and Municipal ), a movement to draft President Tandja for a third term appeared.

Also that year, The Band, along with Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan and other performers, appeared at former US President Bill Clinton's 1993 " Blue Jean Bash " inauguration party.

* Such was his impact on the Finnish political scene that Kekkonen's face appeared on the 500 Markka banknote during his term as President.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared to greatly esteem Patton and his abilities, stating " he is our greatest fighting general, and sheer joy.

On October 29, 2006, Judd appeared at a " Women for Ford " event for Democratic Tennessee Senate candidate Harold Ford, Jr. She has also campaigned extensively locally and nationally for a variety of Democratic candidates, including President Barack Obama in critical swing states.

In 1976, Thurmond appeared in a campaign commercial for incumbent U. S. President Gerald Ford in his race against Thurmond's fellow Southerner, former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter.

With them he appeared at the Teatro Opera in Buenos Aires in the presence of the newly-elected Argentine President Carlos Menem on Fri 9 June 1989.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first time the phrase appeared in print was in the August 1894 issue of Forum: " The true cause for exultation is the universal outburst of patriotism in support of the prompt and courageous action of President Cleveland in maintaining the supremacy of law throughout the length and breadth of the land, in establishing the pax Americana.

In 1976, Fonda appeared in several notable television productions, the first being Collision Course, the story of the volatile relationship between President Harry Truman ( E. G. Marshall ) and General MacArthur ( Fonda ), produced by ABC.

Grant ( serving as President when Sherman ’ s memoirs first appeared ) later remarked that others had told him that Sherman treated Grant unfairly but " when I finished the book, I found I approved every word ; that ... it was a true book, an honorable book, creditable to Sherman, just to his companions — to myself particularly so — just such a book as I expected Sherman would write.

Her performance was kept secret from former Czech Republic President Havel until the moment she appeared on stage.

At the 2007 Oscar ceremony, DiCaprio and former Vice President Al Gore appeared to announce that the Academy Awards had incorporated environmentally intelligent practices throughout the planning and production processes, thus affirming their commitment to the environment, and on July 7, 2007, DiCaprio presented at the American leg of Live Earth.

On 5 October 2011 at the Royal Festival Hall, London Gabriel appeared at the end of an interview of President Carter by Channel 4 News presenter, Jon Snow, to lead the 2, 500-strong audience in a rendition of happy birthday to mark the President turning 87.

In Venezuela, in particular, a type of cult to Bolívar appeared, first under the President José Antonio Páez and most dramatically under President Antonio Guzmán Blanco.

During Song's travels through China in 1912, he had openly and vehemently expressed the desire to limit the powers of the President in terms that often appeared openly critical of Yuan's ambitions.

Over the course of the 1990s, President Lee appeared to drift away from the One-China formulation, leading many to believe that he was actually sympathetic to Taiwan independence.

President Calvin Coolidge, opera singer Abbie Mitchell, and vaudeville stars such as Phil Baker, Ben Bernie, Eddie Cantor, and Oscar Levant appeared in the firm's pictures.