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04 July
The Higgs Boson is discovered
09 December
Cumbernauld is designated a New Town
06 August
Publisher DC Thomson is born
25 January
Launch of The Scotsman newspaper
28 September
Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle
