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23 June
Scotland votes to remain in the EU
14 October
Hundreds drowned in the Eyemouth disaster
04 December
First and last editions of comic The Dandy are published
03 February
Inventor of self-adhesive postage stamps is born
09 December
Cumbernauld is designated a New Town