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09 March
Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations
04 July
The Higgs Boson is discovered
17 November
Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis
21 December
Pan Am flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie
11 November
Scottish spy James Bond is born