Sayed: August 2020

Saturday, 29 August 2020

18th July 1918 - His father died, Mandela and was groomed for becoming chief of his local tribe
1943 - Mandela became involved in politics
1952 - Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa.
1960 - South Africa was increasingly isolated on the international scene and the government banned the ANC
1962 - Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.
10 May 1994 - Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa on and was President until June 1999
1994 - Made more difficult by the HIV epidemic, which continues to cause grave problems. (Nelson Mandela recently lost his eldest son to this disease and Mandela has worked hard to campaign on this issue.)

Nelson Mandela Achievements

1952 - Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa
1993 - Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F.W. De Klerk
10 May 1994 - Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa

GEORGE ORWELL - Achievements

Turning Points

In 1921 he joined the British police in Burma, however, Orwell grew dissatisfied and he resigned in 1927. In the same year, George Orwell decided to become a writer.
In 1936, Orwell married Eileen who unfortunately died in 1945.
Communists began to arrest dissenters and Orwell was forced to flee from Spain.
By 1938 Orwell was suffering from tuberculosis.
In October 1949 George Orwell married his second wife Sonia.

GEORGE ORWELL - Timeline

25th June 1903 - George Orwell was born by the name Eric Arthur Blair in India.
1912 - Orwell was only a year old his mother moved back to England while his father stayed in India until 1912.
1911 - Orwell went to St Cyprian's School in Eastbourne.
1921 - Orwell joined the British police in Burma.
1928 - Orwell journeyed to Paris.
1932-1933 - Orwell worked as a teacher in a small private school.
1934 - Orwell got a part-time job in a second-hand bookshop.
1933 - Orwell's first book was published.
1934 - Orwell's first novel 'Burmese Days' was published.
1935 - Orwell had another novel published, it was called 'A Clergyman's Daughter'.
1936 - Orwell's book was followed by 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying'.
George Orwell wrote a book about poverty in northern England.
Orwell had married Eileen.
Orwell left to fight in the Spanish Civil War.
1937 - 'The Road to Wigan Pier' was published.
1938 - Orwell published 'A Homage to Catalonia'.
1938-1939 - Orwell spent the winter in Morocco.
1941 to 1943 - Orwell worked for the BBC.
1943 - Orwell became literary editor for the Tribune a left-wing magazine.
1945 - Orwell's wife, Eileen, passed away.
Orwell's great satire 'Animal Farm' was published.
1949 - Orwell's masterpiece '1984' was published.
George Orwell married his second wife.
21st January 1950 - George Orwell died at the age of 46.