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28 August
University of St Andrews is established by a Papal Bull
07 January
Glasgow University is founded
04 July
The Higgs Boson is discovered
23 July
The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow
01 July
Naval hero Admiral Adam Duncan is born in Dundee