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26 May
Scotland’s first commercial railway signed off
21 December
Pan Am flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie
18 August
The Tay Road Bridge opens to traffic
16 June
Muirfield golf course designer Old Tom Morris is born
11 August
Formal opening of the West Highland Railway