Nelson Mandela died on 5 December 2013 in Houghton Estate, aged 95. A South African lawyer and political leader, Mandela became the best-known figure in the struggle against apartheid, the system of racial segregation enforced by the white minority government. A leader of the African National Congress, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 and spent twenty-seven years in prison, most of them on Robben Island. After his release in 1990 he negotiated with President F. W. de Klerk the end of apartheid, and they shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. He was elected the country's first black president in 1994 and promoted national reconciliation, including the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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- from 21 November 2013 to 23 February 2014Euromaidan
- 1 December 2013Launch of Chang'e 3
- from December 2013 to June 2016Western African Ebola virus epidemic
- 2 December 2013Premiere of Rick and Morty
- 5 December 2013Death of Nelson Mandela
- 8 December 2013Introduction of Dogecoin
- 19 December 2013Launch of Gaia
- 2014Child abductions in the Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2014Origins of Champions Hockey League
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