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28 December
The Tay Bridge disaster
01 July
Naval hero Admiral Adam Duncan is born in Dundee
04 September
Queen Elizabeth II opens the Forth Road Bridge
28 September
Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle
17 April
The Kelpies are unveiled