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20 August
Cartoonist Dudley D Watkins dies in Broughty Ferry
06 March
Scott Monument architect drowns in the Union Canal
30 April
Ochil Hills are struck by an earthquake
26 May
Scotland’s first commercial railway signed off
04 March
The Forth Bridge is opened
