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11 November
Scottish spy James Bond is born
23 July
The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow
01 July
Naval hero Admiral Adam Duncan is born in Dundee
16 June
Muirfield golf course designer Old Tom Morris is born
25 January
Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire