1st May 1987

Deacon Blue releases its debut album

Deacon Blue released its debut album, Raintown, in 1987. It included one of the band’s first singles, Dignity, which became one of its most enduring hits.

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01
Dictionary publisher William Chambers dies
Born in Peebles in 1800, William Chambers is best remembered for the dictionary that still bears his name.
02
Waterbed inventor is born in Arbroath
Neil Arnott was a surgeon who, after travelling to China, settled in London and and invented an early waterbed for medical use.
03
Hundreds killed in the Quintinshill rail disaster
Quintinshill has was Britain’s deadliest rail disaster. Five trains were involved, 226 were killed, and a further 246 were injured.
04
Labour leader John Smith dies
John Smith was born in Argyll in 1938 and elected to Parliament in the general election of 1970, representing North Lanarkshire

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End of the first recorded walk between John O’Groats and Land’s End
The first recorded walk from John O'Groats to Land's End was completed in November 1871 by Robert and John Naylor.

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