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29 May
Cardinal David Beaton is assassinated at St Andrews
23 October
Tyre inventor John Boyd Dunlop dies
12 November
Edinburgh Waverley Station granted Grade A listing
21 October
First release of Grand Theft Auto
31 March
Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born