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04 September
Queen Elizabeth II opens the Forth Road Bridge
16 April
Jacobites fight in the Battle of Culloden
24 January
Wall-building emperor Hadrian is born
21 October
First release of Grand Theft Auto
23 October
Tyre inventor John Boyd Dunlop dies
