46664 (number)
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For the 46664 Nelson Mandela concerts, see 46664 (concerts).
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| Cardinal | 46664 |
| Ordinal | 46664th |
| Factorization |  |
| Binary | 1011011001001000 |
| Hexadecimal | B648 |
46664 (it's pronounced as four, double six, six four) was also the prison number for Nelson Mandela from his imprisonment in 1964 to his release in 1990. The number stems from the fact that he was the 466 prisoner of 1964. 46664 is also the name of the HIV/AIDS[1]Nelson Mandela, which has held a series of charity concerts; see 46664 (concerts). awareness campaign started by
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46664 (concerts)
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46664 (four, triple six, four) is a series of AIDS charity concerts played in honour of Nelson Mandela by South African musicians in the 2000s.
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Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island in 1964, and was the 466th prisoner to arrive that year. The prison administration's scheme of numbering prisoners was to follow the sequence number of the prisoner (466 in his case), with the last two digits of the year (64).[1]
The number was imposed on him by the prison for over 25 years, until his release in 1990. "Prisoner 46664" continues to be used, as a reverential title for him, and the Nelson Mandela Foundation uses 46664.com as its website address.(see below)
Shortly before Joe Strummer's death, he and U2's Bono co-wrote the song "46664" for Mandela as part of the campaign against AIDS in Africa.