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01 July
Naval hero Admiral Adam Duncan is born in Dundee
01 March
Scotland votes for an independent parliament
08 September
John Porteous isn’t executed as he’s already dead
08 March
Oor Wullie makes his first appearance in print
31 March
Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born
