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Post by Elly on Sept 29, 2005 8:14:50 GMT 10
September 27
September 27 1831 Scotland's first passenger railway opened (between Glasgow and Garnkirk).
September 27 1938 The 80,000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth, then the largest passenger ship ever built, launched at John Brown's shipyard, Clydebank.
September 27 1948 Singer Barbara Dickson, born.
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Post by Elly on Sept 29, 2005 8:15:29 GMT 10
September 28 1396 "Battle of the Clans" between clans Chattan and Kay on the North Inch, Perth, in front of King Robert III.
September 28 1581 George Buchan, humanist, poet, historian and tutor of King James VI, died.
September 28 1932 TV mogul Jeremy Isaacs born
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Post by Elly on Sept 29, 2005 8:16:24 GMT 10
September 29 1621 Charter granted to Sir William Alexander of Menstrie to colonise the "Baronetcy of Nova Scotia".
September 29 1952 John Cobb made an attempt at the world water-speed record on Loch Ness which ended in tragedy as the boat crashed and Cobb was killed.
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Post by Elly on Sept 29, 2005 8:17:01 GMT 10
September 30 1813 Birth in Orkney of John Rae, explorer and surveyor of Canada's northern coastline.
September 30 1928 Announcement of the discovery of penicillin by Ayrshire-born Sir Alexander Fleming.
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