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Today in History: May 2, Nelson Mandela claims election victory

Also on this date, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld 8-1 a Virginia law allowing the forced sterilization of people in order to promote the “health of the patient and the welfare of society.”

Nelson Mandela holds up two pens given to him by the Union of Mine Workers at his victory celebration on Monday, May 2, 1994 in Johannesburg. Mandela was celebrating the win which is set to sweep him and the ANC to power after South Africa’s first all-race elections. The mine workers asked him to sign the new constitution and other important documents with the pens. (AP Photo/John Parkin)
Nelson Mandela holds up two pens given to him by the Union of Mine Workers at his victory celebration on Monday, May 2, 1994 in Johannesburg. Mandela was celebrating the win which is set to sweep him and the ANC to power after South Africa’s first all-race elections. The mine workers asked him to sign the new constitution and other important documents with the pens. (AP Photo/John Parkin)
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Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South Africa’s first democratic elections.

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