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08 September
John Porteous isn’t executed as he’s already dead
11 December
Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
06 August
Publisher DC Thomson is born
16 June
Muirfield golf course designer Old Tom Morris is born
01 November
The Highlands and Islands Development Board opens