Mandela was released in 1990 and was elected as president in 1994. Did people forget about these two events? There was extensive news coverage for both.
The other examples are more interesting yet trivial
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The truth is that I don't find an explanation for why this happens and why people remember it differently. It's quite strange.
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If he died in prison he would be a martyr which he already is in the view of many
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