Happy 95th Nelson Mandela Pictures Happy 95th Nelson Mandela Thousands of people celebrate the 95th birthday of "Father of the Nation" Nelson Mandela outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, July 18, 2013. The South African presidency has said that Mandela's health is "steadily improving," as the anti-apartheid icon spends his 95th birthday in the hospital. Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images