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14 November
Dounreay fast breeder reactor goes online
29 May
Cardinal David Beaton is assassinated at St Andrews
04 September
Queen Elizabeth II opens the Forth Road Bridge
06 March
Scott Monument architect drowns in the Union Canal
09 December
Cumbernauld is designated a New Town