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17 July
The Bank of Scotland is founded
23 October
Tyre inventor John Boyd Dunlop dies
14 November
Dounreay fast breeder reactor goes online
11 December
Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
01 March
Scotland votes for an independent parliament
