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04 September
Queen Elizabeth II opens the Forth Road Bridge
23 July
The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow
12 October
John Muir Trust is founded
28 April
Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned
04 October
Death of engineer John Rennie the Elder