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French parliament votes amnesty for all involved in scandalous army treason trial known as Dreyfus affair.

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Dreyfus affair

1894–1906 political scandal in France

The Dreyfus affair was a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. The scandal began in December 1894 when Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a 35-year-old Alsatian French artillery officer of Jewish descent, was wrongfully convicted…
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December 19

Day of the year

December 19 is the 353rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 12 days remain until the end of the year.
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