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07 January
Glasgow University is founded
08 March
Oor Wullie makes his first appearance in print
21 December
Pan Am flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie
30 September
Rod Stewart opens the SSE Hydro
17 November
Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis