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20 August
Cartoonist Dudley D Watkins dies in Broughty Ferry
12 October
John Muir Trust is founded
24 May
The Falkirk Wheel opens for business
03 February
Inventor of self-adhesive postage stamps is born
04 September
Queen Elizabeth II opens the Forth Road Bridge