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23 July
The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow
16 October
The Skye Bridge opens to traffic
26 May
Scotland’s first commercial railway signed off
14 November
Dounreay fast breeder reactor goes online
24 May
The Falkirk Wheel opens for business
