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09 March
Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations
08 September
John Porteous isn’t executed as he’s already dead
04 July
The Higgs Boson is discovered
14 July
The Scottish National War Memorial is opened
14 February
Dolly the cloned sheep dies