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11 December
Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
28 April
Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned
12 October
John Muir Trust is founded
22 October
Nuclear submarine runs aground off Skye
09 December
Cumbernauld is designated a New Town