BY DANIEL VOLOSHYN

NELSON MANDELA WAS BORN ON JULY 18, 1918.

NELSON MANDELA WAS A CIVIL RIGHT LEADER IN SOUTH AFRICA.

NELSON MANDELA WANTED ALL PEOPLE OF ALL RACES TO HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

NELSON MANDELA SPENT 27 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS FIGHT AGAINST APARTHEID .

NELSON MANDELA WAS AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN 1993.

NELSON MANDELA WAS THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA. HE WAS ELECTED IN 1994.

NELSON MANDELA DIED ON DECEMBER 5, 2013 AT AGE 95.

JULY 18TH IS NELSON MANDELA INTERNATIONAL DAY.