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24 January
Wall-building emperor Hadrian is born
20 August
Cartoonist Dudley D Watkins dies in Broughty Ferry
05 October
Ardnamurchan lighthouse lit for the first time
23 June
Scotland votes to remain in the EU
23 October
Tyre inventor John Boyd Dunlop dies
