Today is Nelson Mandela’s 92nd birthday. While this is generally an entertainment blog, Mandela has played such an important part in modern history that he is definitely worth the mention.

Other birthdays for today include The Vandellas’ singer Martha Reeves (69)  , and actor Vin Diesel (43).

Look below for a video of The Vandellas performing one of their most well-known songs ‘Dancing in the Street’ on the Ed Sullivan show in 1965.

The Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela! by Leslie Porter, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.