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04 September
Queen Elizabeth II opens the Forth Road Bridge
31 March
Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born
05 October
Ardnamurchan lighthouse lit for the first time
11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
19 May
Lord Leverhulme buys the Isle of Lewis
