Tag Archives: Nelson Mandela

May 12, 1984

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Joel Byers

On May 12, 1984, South African Anti-Apartheid prisoner Nelson Mandela saw his wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela for the first time in 22 years. It was not the loving reunion one might think. He did ask her point blank what the hell she was doing with her “Mandela United Football Club”, which was her personal body guard. … Continue reading →

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May 9, 1994

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Joel Byers

On May 9, 1994, South African civil rights activist, Nelson Mandela, was elected as South Africa’s first black president. This surprised many people as they firmly remember him dying in prison in the 1980s. They claim that his twelve disciples abandoned him just before his death and that the South African Apartheid government placed his … Continue reading →

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March 23, 1982

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Joel Byers

On March 23, 1982, the Space Shuttle Columbia was launched into orbit. Many people don’t remember this. They remember the Space Shuttle Challenger exploding on or around this date. It didn’t. That tragedy happened on January 28, 1986, but the people who are convinced it happened in 1982 will swear they remember it. They will … Continue reading →

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May 22, 1957

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1957 the South African government approved race separation in its universities. When it was mentioned to JG Strijdom that his stringent apartheid policies would also keep hot Asian chicks out of the classrooms with the white students, Mr. Strijdom said that sometimes you have to make sacrifices for racial … Continue reading →

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