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The passenger train,
Sunset Limited, plunged
off a bridge into an alliga-
tor-infe ted bayou in Ala-
bama. The crashed killed
4 7 people, the worst in
Amtrak's history. A barge
had struck the trestle,
weakening its supports. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Originally a humanitarian mission, the United States'
involvement in Somalia increasingly became more
combative. In capturing three Somali aides, 17 U.S.
soldiers were killed, 77 were injured and one, heli·
copter pilot Michael Durant, was captured and later
released. President Bill Clinton kept his promise that
all American troops were to be removed by March 3!.

PHOTOREPORI!RI
South African President F. W.
deKlerk and elson Mandela
met in October to accept a
obel Peace Prize given for
their work to end apartheid.
The South African Parliament
voted to allow blacks to par-
ticipate in government for the
first time. In ovember, an
interim constitution was
signed granting equal rights
to black and whites for the
first time in 300 years.
Grammy awards for Album of ; Host country Norway won : Hou ton Oilers tackle David
the Year, Record of the Year ; the most Olympic medals ; Williams was docked a
and Female Pop Vocalist l with I 0 gold, II ilver and : week's pay when he failed to
went to Whitney Houston for ; five bronze, and the U .. cap- ; make a game in Bo ton
her work on the oundtrack ; lured ix gold, five ilver and ; again t the t\ew En~and
of the film, The Bodyguard. : two bronze medal at the l Patriot . He tayed behind in
ong of the Year honors went ; 1994 Winter Olympics in ; Hou ton to be 11ith hi 11ife,
to A \~?wle Sew World from : lillehammer. . .
; who had ju t ~ren birth to the :
the film, Aladdin. ; couple' son.