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1267-Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps

1587-Mary, Queen of Scots beheaded

1831-Belgium adopts its Constitution

1867-Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South

1428-King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons

1870-Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira NY

1867-Bricklayers start working 8-hour days

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