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23 July
The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow
11 December
Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
30 September
Rod Stewart opens the SSE Hydro
28 August
University of St Andrews is established by a Papal Bull
18 August
The Tay Road Bridge opens to traffic
