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05 October
Ardnamurchan lighthouse lit for the first time
19 May
Lord Leverhulme buys the Isle of Lewis
04 May
Greyfriars Bobby is born
28 August
Timex calls time on its Dundee factory
31 May
Edinburgh’s trams carry their first passengers
