5th July 2001

Glasgow Science Centre opens

Queen Elizabeth II opened the Glasgow Science Centre on the Clyde waterfront, close to the new headquarters of BBC Scotland and Scottish Television. The development also included Scotland’s first IMAX cinema and the Glasgow Tower, the tallest freely rotating tower in the world.

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Other events that occured in July

01
Hundreds killed as battleship sinks in Scapa Flow
A battleship was blown to pieces by an explosion in its munitions store, resulting in the deaths of 843 sailors.
02
Doomed paddle steamer PS Comet is launched
The Comet, which carried passengers between Glasgow and Greenock, was Europe’s first commercially successful steamboat.
03
Trial that led to Glasgow’s last public execution
Dr Edward William Pritchard was the last person publicly executed in Glasgow when hanged for poisoning his wife, Mary, and his mother-in-law.
04
First ships head off on the Darien Expedition
The Darien Scheme, which made a significant financial loss, may have lead to the end of Scotland's independence.

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St Kilda is abandoned
By 1930, the population of St Kilda had been reduced to the point where living on the island was no longer sustainable.

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14 July

The Scottish National War Memorial is opened

31 March

Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born

11 November

Scottish spy James Bond is born

04 March

The Forth Bridge is opened

12 November

Edinburgh Waverley Station granted Grade A listing