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04 December
First and last editions of comic The Dandy are published
26 May
Scotland’s first commercial railway signed off
14 October
Hundreds drowned in the Eyemouth disaster
01 November
The Highlands and Islands Development Board opens
08 March
Oor Wullie makes his first appearance in print
