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16 June
Muirfield golf course designer Old Tom Morris is born
09 December
Cumbernauld is designated a New Town
29 January
Visitors are trapped in the Glasgow Tower
31 May
Edinburgh’s trams carry their first passengers
24 January
Wall-building emperor Hadrian is born
