Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1964 Nelson Mandela and seven co-defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia Trial for their roles in the armed anti-apartheid resistance.
PoliticsOn this day — June 12 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1964 
Seiperi — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1993 Nigeria held a presidential election won by Moshood Abiola, results the military government of Ibrahim Babangida later annulled, triggering a prolonged political crisis.
PoliticsThe Funj sultanate of Sennar surrendered to Ottoman Egyptian forces under Isma'il Pasha, ending a 300-year-old Sudanese kingdom.
HistoryJean-Marie Doré, who later served as Guinea's prime minister during its 2009-2010 political transition, was born.
Birth
Paco Marí — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1932 Mamo Wolde, the Ethiopian runner who won Olympic gold in the marathon, was born.
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