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Mary was not beheaded with a single strike. The first blow missed her neck and struck the back of her head. The second blow severed the neck except for a small bit of sinew which the executioner cut through using the axe. Afterward he held her head aloft and declared "God save the Queen." At that moment the auburn tresses in his hand turned out to be a wig and the head fell to the ground, revealing that Mary had very short, grey hair.
(8 February 1587)

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		Writer and philosopher Baltasar Gracián y Morales 8 January 1601 (+) is born in Belmonte, Spain. 6 December 1658 (-) dies of physical decline in Tarazona, Spain.
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