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23 July
The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow
14 October
Hundreds drowned in the Eyemouth disaster
27 September
The Queen Mother unveils the Commando Monument
03 February
Inventor of self-adhesive postage stamps is born
04 October
Death of engineer John Rennie the Elder