Edgewood High School, El Corral, 1995, World Beat 3

Description:	Millions of South Africans travel weary hours and wait inmile-long lines to vote in the first all-race elections.After more than a century of white rule, the voterschoose former political prisoner Nelson Mandela to presideover the dismantling of apartheid.Jimmy Carter, formerU.S. president andself-styled globaltroubleshooter forpeace, negotiateson behalf of theU.S. in Haiti,Bosnia, and NorthKorea. He evenoffers to help settlethe baseball strike.mM1 vimIn Japan, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2collapses buildings, derails trains, buckles elevatedexpressways, and causes fires throughout the city ofKobe. Over 5,000 people are killed and 26,000 injured. TheJapan quake occurs January 17,1995, one year to the dayafter a quake devastated Los Angeles.U.S. President BillClinton, right, andBritish Prime MinisterJohn Major take part inceremonies in June 1994 at amilitary cemetery during the50th anniversary commemoration of the Allied D-Dayinvasion of Europe, the eventthat sealed the fate of NaziGermany during World War II.W*9Chinese school children, dressed to look like ColonelSanders, welcome the president of Kentucky FriedChicken to Shanghai in May 1994. Few of the countrysmany foreign business ventures thrive, but KFC becomes aChinese favorite. The finger-lickin enterprise makes plans toexpand its outlets from 28 to 200.A triumphant Jean-Bertrand Aristidereclaims his positionas president and restoresdemocracy to Haiti with thehelp of U.S. troops. Haitihad suffered under the ruleof a military junta led byGeneral Raoul Cedras, whogoes into exile afterreaching an agreement withU.S. mediators.In one of the mostsuccessful antiterroristoperations in aviationhistory, French commandosstorm an Air France _jet-liner and killfour Algerianhijackers, freeingthe planes175 passengersand crew.India suffers anoutbreak of pneumonicplague, carried byflea-infested vermin.Workers in Bombay earnfive rupees for eachexterminated rat; onethousand rat-tailsearns a color TV.Thousands of Cubans flee their economically depressedhomeland, hoping for a better life in America. Many setoff on homemade rafts and other small vessels only tobe intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard. The United States andCuba reach an agreement in September that allows 20,000Cuban immigrants to enter the United States each year.
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Collection:	Edgewood High School

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