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27 August
Foundation stone laid for the National Monument of Scotland
23 October
Tyre inventor John Boyd Dunlop dies
21 October
First release of Grand Theft Auto
06 March
Scott Monument architect drowns in the Union Canal
04 May
Greyfriars Bobby is born