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27 September
The Queen Mother unveils the Commando Monument
15 September
V&A Dundee opens its doors
09 December
Cumbernauld is designated a New Town
23 October
Tyre inventor John Boyd Dunlop dies
27 July
Parliament authorises construction of the Caledonian Canal