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16 June
Muirfield golf course designer Old Tom Morris is born
28 August
Timex calls time on its Dundee factory
14 October
Hundreds drowned in the Eyemouth disaster
11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway
17 November
Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis