May 2, Nelson Mandela claims election victory

May 2, Nelson Mandela claims election victory

Today is Friday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2025. There are 243 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 2, 1994, Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South Africa’s first democratic elections. Also on this date: In 1863, during the Civil War, Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Virginia; he died eight days later. In 1927, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Buck v. Bell, u…

Nelson Mandela’s Historic Presidency: On May 2, 1994

Source: UN/News Pictures/WENN.com / WENN When Nelson Mandela won the first-ever multiracial presidential election in South Africa on May 2, 1994, the freedom fighter changed the course of history. The world witnessed a moment that was both deeply symbolic and profoundly transformative. After spending 27 years as a political prisoner under South Africa’s brutal apartheid regime, Mandela emerged not just as a free man, but as a leader determined t…

A Look Back At Nelson Mandela’s Historic Presidency

Source: UN/News Pictures/WENN.com / WENN When Nelson Mandela won the first-ever multiracial presidential election in South Africa on May 2, 1994, the freedom fighter changed the course of history. The world witnessed a moment that was both deeply symbolic and profoundly transformative. After spending 27 years as a political prisoner under South Africa’s brutal apartheid regime, Mandela emerged not just as a free man, but as a leader determined t…