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21 October
First release of Grand Theft Auto
30 September
Rod Stewart opens the SSE Hydro
25 January
Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire
01 November
The Highlands and Islands Development Board opens
28 August
University of St Andrews is established by a Papal Bull
