Today in History: May 9, Nelson Mandela chosen to lead South Africa

On May 9, 1994, South Africa’s newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country’s first Black president.

A smiling Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s President-elect, waves to the large crowd gathered on the Grand Parade in Central Cape Town Monday May 9, 1994. Mr. Mandela, who is to be formally inaugurated on Tuesday, earlier pledged his allegiance in parliament. A smiling Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s President-elect, waves to the large crowd gathered on the Grand Parade in Central Cape Town Monday May 9, 1994. Mr.

In 1945, with World War II in Europe at an end, Soviet forces liberated Czechoslovakia from Nazi occupation. U.S. officials announced that a midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately. In 1962, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology succeeded in reflecting a laser beam off the surface of the moon.

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