The Scotsman

NOW & THEN

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0 On this day in 1906, Rolls-royce was formed. Spectators watch an early Rolls racing in the Scotch Trials.

Blacks beat Scotland 51-15 at Murrayfiel­d, the home team’s biggest ever home defeat.

1995: In a BBC Panorama interview, the Princess of Wales admitted she had had an affair with Major James Hewitt and that she had known of Prince Charles’ affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, saying: “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”

2007: Donald Trump’s plan for a £1 billion golf resort with two championsh­ip courses, a five-star hotel, 500 private homes and 1,000 holiday homes on 1,400 acres of coastline at Balmedie was thrown out by Aberdeensh­ire Council.

2008: A $20 million party and fireworks display, which organisers claimed could be seen from space, took place to mark the opening of a new $1.5bn resort in Dubai.

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