THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 0612

This day in #history 0612
DECEMBER 6TH

1534 – Quito , Ecuador , founded by Spanish

1849 – Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in
Maryland for the 2 nd and final time

1865 – 13 th Amendment of the United States
Constitution is ratified , abolishing slavery

1917 – Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day )

956 – Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for
political activities in S Africa

1977 – South Africa grants Botswana
independence

1978 – Spain adopts constitution

1988 – Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

FAMOUS DEATHS

1956 – Dr. Bhimji Ramji Ambedkar, Indian Minister of Law and architect of The Constitution of India (b . 1891)

1961 – Frantz Fanon, West Indian psychiatrist and
writer (b . 1925 )

.FAMOUS WEDDING

941 – King Leopold of Belgium marries Lilian Baels

Remembering Nelson Mandela — History in the Headlines

He was born Rolihlahla Mandela on July 18, 1918, into a royal family of the Xhosa- speaking Thembu tribe in the South African village of Mvezo. (In South Africa, Mandela is often called by his clan name, Madiba.)

     His father, who was Mvezo’s chief, died when he was nine, and the young Mandela was adopted by a high- ranking Thembu regent who groomed the boy for tribal leadership

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