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28 December
The Tay Bridge disaster
05 May
Construction begins at Sutherland Spaceport
17 October
Ben Nevis observatory is established
01 March
Scotland votes for an independent parliament
01 July
Naval hero Admiral Adam Duncan is born in Dundee