Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 1964 - Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University College, London 1965 - Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University of Leeds 1973 - A nuclear particle discovered at the University of Leeds named the Mandela particle 1975 - Honorary life membership of the Students' Union of the University of London 1979 - Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law, University of Lesotho, Maseru, 29 September 1980 - Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, New Delhi, India, 14 November 1981 Freedom of the City of Glasgow, 4 August. Road named after Mandela by the London Borough of Brent Dr Bruno Kreisky Prize for merit in the field of human rights, Vienna, Austria 1982 - Elected Honorary Life President of the Students' Union at the London School of Economics and Political Science 1983 Honorary citizenship of Rome, February. Honorary citizenship of Olympia, Greece, 17 March Honorary Doctorate of Laws. City College of New York, 5 June City Council of Dublin, Ireland, unveiled sculpture in a city park by Elisabeth Frink dedicated to Nelson Mandela, 26 June Award of the order Star of International Friendship in gold by the German Democratic Republic, 18 July City Council of Harlow, United Kingdom, renamed one of its major roads in honour of Nelson Mandela, 18 July AUEW (TASS), one of Britain's major trade unions, held a special ceremony to rename their executive committee room the 'Nelson Mandela Room', 18 July Freedom of London Borough of Greenwich, 20 July UNESCO awards its first Simon Bolivar International Prize jointly to Nelson Mandela and King Juan Carlos of Spain at a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bolivar, 24 July City Council of Leeds, Britain, names the Civic Hall 'Nelson Mandela Gardens', 10 December Park in Hull, Britain, named 'Mandela Park' Honorary LL.D, University of Lancaster, Britain City of Cardiff, Wales, named a street after Nelson Mandela The students of [[Warwick University], Coventry and South Bank Polytechnic Students Union named rooms in honour of Nelson Mandela New York City renamed square in front of South African mission to the United Nations 'Nelson and Winnie Mandela Plaza' 1984 Honorary Degree, Free University of Brussels, 13 January Camden Borough Council, London, names the street where the Anti-Apartheid Movement has its headquarters as 'Mandela Street'. Hackney Council, London, renames a housing block after Nelson Mandela, April Playa Giron Award, Cuba, awarded by Fidel Castro Honorary membership of National and Local Government Officers Association [NALGO] Britain Haringey Borough Council, London, names housing development after Nelson Mandela Monument to Nelson Mandela unveiled in Merrion Square, Dublin Elected Honorary Member of the Students Association, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Freedom of the City of Wijnegen, Belgium Awarded Star of International Friendship, German Democratic Republic, 27 August Freedom of the City of Aberdeen conferred on both Nelson and Winnie Mandela, 29 November School in German Democratic Republic named 'Nelson Mandela School' 1985 Revenue Staff Federation, Britain, names its Commonwealth trade union scholarship after Nelson Mandela London Borough of Southwark names new road 'Mandela Way' Nottingham City Council names a room in a sports centre The 1985 Third World Prize, awarded annually by the London-based Third World Foundation for Social and Economic Studies, awarded jointly to Nelson and Winnie Mandela Awarded freedom of the City of Hull, UK. Awarded the Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize by Human Rights Institute of The Bar of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, 29 March Nigerian writers organisation, Writers and Journalists Against Apartheid (WAJAAP), confers title of Life Patron City of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, UK, renames its speakers' corner Nelson Mandela Corner, September Freedom of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October Honorary citizenship of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October Diploma of Honour and Friendship from the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October Statue of Nelson Mandela erected in London by Greater London Council, unveiled by Oliver Tambo on 28 October Senegal's President Abdou Diouf inaugurates Soweto Square and Nelson Mandela Avenue in the centre of Dakar, 6 December Awarded Doctor of Laws degree by Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, December 1986 Elected Honorary Life President of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa Awarded the W E B DuBois International Medal by the [[National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People] (NAACP) Coventry City Council named new building after Mandela Presented with the Alfonso Comin Foundation Peace Award in Barcelona, Spain Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales, given to Winnie and Nelson Mandela Awarded International Peace and Freedom Award by the Workers International Centre, Stockholm Sweden Awarded, with Winnie Mandela, the Third World Prize by the Strategic and International Studies Group of Malaysia, 5 May Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Zimbabwe Park in Leicester, England, named after Mandela Honorary membership awarded to Winnie and Nelson Mandela by the National Union of Seamen, Britain Street in Glasgow, Scotland, where South African Consulate is sited, renamed after Mandela 1987 First person to receive the Freedom of the City of Sydney, Australia, 9 January. Honorary Degrees, Winnie and Nelson Mandela, United States Ross University Medical School in the Caribbean Named Patron of Isipingo and District Football Association, Natal Honorary Degree, University of Michigan, USA Honorary Degree. University of Havana, Cuba Honorary Citizen, City of Florence, Italy Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November 1988 Awarded Bremen Solidarity Prize, Federal Republic of Germany Nelson and Winnie Mandela given honorary membership of the National Union of Teachers, Great Britain Awarded freedom of the City of Dublin, Ireland Awarded the Sakharov Prize Honorary Doctorate conferred, University of Carabobo, Venezuela, June People of Levkada, Greece, award the Medal of Peace, August Honorary citizenship conferred by nine Greek municiplaities: Egaleo, Ellenikon, Glyfada, Ilioupolis, Daissariani, New Filadelfia, Nikaea, Preveza and Zogrofu Honorary degree in Political Science awarded by the University of Bologna, Italy, 12 September Honorary citizenship bestowed by the Town Council of the city of Bologna, Italy, September Awarded the United Nations Human Rights Fourth Award, 10 December 'Nelson Mandela Road' named, New Delhi, India, 10 December 1989 Agusto Cesar Sandino Award bestowed by Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, Managua, 21 February Freedom of the Municipality of KweKwe, Zimbabwe, conferred. Award received by Oliver Tambo Awarded Peace Prize of the Tipperary Peace Committee, Ireland Nuremberg Platz renamed 'Nelson Mandela Platz', Nuremberg, Germany, June Honorary Doctorate of Laws, York University, Toronto, Canada, 16 June Square in Clayes-sous-Bois, France, named 'Nelson Mandela Square', September 1990 Made Honorary Life President of National Union of Mineworkers when he addressed its Central Committee, 21 April Granted freedom of the City of Harare, Zimbabwe, March 'Mandela Day', a public holiday declared in Zimbabwe on 5 March Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for 1990, May Bestowed the Dr Antonio Agostinho Neto Order, the highest honour of the People's Republic of Angola, 12 May Bestowed the award 'Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria', Lagos, 14 May Awarded Al-Qadafi International Prize for Human Rights in Tripoli, Libya, 19 or 20 May Honorary degree in political science by the Cairo University, Egypt, May Bestowed 'Bharat Ratna', India's highest civilian award, October Doctorate, honoris causa, conferred by University of Malaya, November Honorary Doctorate in law, University of Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 28 November 1991 Honorary LL.D Degree conferred, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 6 September Awarded Carte-Menil Human Rights Prize, 8 December 1992 Received 1991 UNESCO Peace Prize, Paris, 3 February Installed as Chancellor of the University of the North, 25 April Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by the University of Fort Hare, 9 May Honorary Doctorate conferred at the Sheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal, 30 June Presented with the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour, Johannesburg, 29 September Pakistan conferred the Nishan-i-Pakistan Award, 3 October Asturias Prize of International Co-operation awarded, Oviedo, Spain, 31 October Received the "Spirit of Liberty" award at the "People for the American Way" award ceremony, 8 November 1993 Received Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May Received, with President F W de Klerk, Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award. Presented by President Clinton, Philadelphia, USA, 4 July Honorary Degree conferred, Clark University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 10 July Received Apostolic Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg, 15 September Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August Awarded J William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, Washington, 1 October Received Honorary Degree from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 8 October Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Norway, 10 December 1994 Received the New Nation/Engen Man of the Year Flame of Distinction award, 24 March Elected Newsmaker of the Year, with Deputy President F W de Klerk, by the Johannesburg Press Club, 25 May. Prof Kader Asmal received the award on 29 September Received the Hunger Project's 8th annual Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger, London, 19 July Received Anne Frank medal for human rights and tolerance, Johannesburg, 15 August Received Sheikh Yusuf Peace Award from the Moslem Women's Federation, 10 September Received the Arthur A Houghton Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American Institute, 6 October Honorary Doctorate, Howard University, 7 October Received freedom of the town of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, 21 October (initially granted in 1989) Received the Olympic Gold Order from International Olympic Committee president, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Cape Town, 16 November Received Man of the Year Award from the Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, 19 November 1994 Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of South Africa Awarded the "Commonwealth Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the Commonwealth Games, Canada 1995 Africa Peace Award - sponsored jointly by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) - presented at a ceremony in Durban, March 'Nelson Mandela Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated, 13 July Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage, Uitenhage, 14 September Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award, 14 December Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association, December 1995 1996 Awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy, 29 January Awarded the National Order of Mali (Grande Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako, 3 March Received the Freedom of the City of London, London, 10 July Received Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, de Montfort, Glasgow, Caledonian, London, Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick, Buckingham Palace, London, 10 July Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October Received the Freedom of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 29 November 1997 Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June Received Freedom of Oxford, UK, 11 July Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December 1998 Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia,University of Fort Hare, 23 April Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May Awarded the Freedom of the City and County of Cardiff, Cardiff, 16 June Awarded the Chris Hani Award at the 10th National Congress of the South African Communist Party, Johannesburg, 1 July Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Boston, 18 September Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September Awarded Canada's highest honour, appointment to the Order of Canada, 24 September Presented with Award in Recognition of his Contribution to Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom by the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa, 19 November 1999 Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden Baden, Germany, 28 January Awarded the Oneness-Peace: Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November Presented with the Temple of Understanding Annual Award to Religious and Political Leaders for Outstanding Service to Humanity, Cape Town, 5 December Presented with the Gandhi-King Award by the World Movement for Non-violence at the Parliament of World Religions, Cape Town, 5 December 2000 Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November 2001 International Ghandi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001 Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December 2002 Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, South Africa, 24 April Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.