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1906 - French artillery officer Alfred Dreyfus, who was falsely accused of treason, was finally pardoned and restored to his rank and regiment.
1920 - The Panama Canal was formally opened, six years after the first ship sailed through it.
1970 - China agreed to make an extensive loan to Tanzania and Zambia to build the Tanzam railway linking the two countries.
1995 - Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj breaks 1,500m world record with a run of three minutes, 26 seconds.
1996 - Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana agreed the terms of their divorce, ending their 15-year marriage.
2003 - Benny Carter, legendary U.S. alto sax player and jazz composer, died aged 95.
2005 - Mei Mei, the world's oldest panda raised in captivity, died at a Chinese zoo aged 36.
2006 - Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight more in cross-border attacks, sparking a month-long war with Israel.
2007 - World's tallest man marries in China.
2012 - Fatal tanker fire in Okogbe, Nigeria.
2013 - Intercity train derails at Bretigny-sur-Orge station near Paris.
