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05SV 030 — Highland Reel competition at the 2005 Skagit Valley Highland Games

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Photo: A pair of dancers twirl about each other during the Highland Reel competition at the 2005 Skagit Valley Highland Games. The Highland Reel is the only one of the traditional Highland dances in which the competitors dance as a group. However, the dancers are still judged individually.

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September 4, 1964 Forth Road Bridge opened. At the time, it was the longest bridge in Europe.

September 5, 1750 Poet Robert Fergusson born in Edinburgh.

September 6, 1715 The Earl of Mar unfurled the standard of the Old Pretender in Braemar at the start of the first Jacobite uprising.

September 7, 1736 A mob broke into the Tolbooth jail and retrieved Captain Porteous and then hanged him.

September 7, 1842 Queen Victoria's first visit to Edinburgh.

September 9, 1513 Battle of Flodden Field.

September 9, 1543 Mary, Queen of Scots, crowned at Stirling Castle.

September 9, 1758 Birth of painter Alexander Nasmyth in Edinburgh.

September 10, 1547 Battle of Pinkie Cleugh.

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 ==This Week in Scottish History==
+* '''September 4, 1964''' Forth Road Bridge opened. At the time, it was the longest bridge in Europe.
-*'''August 28, 1296''' Edward I of England held a parliament at Berwick to which he summoned all Scottish landholders to sign the Ragman Roll.
+* '''September 5, 1750''' Poet Robert Fergusson born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh Edinburgh].
-*'''August 28, 1413''' Pope Benedict XIII ratified the founding of St. Andrews University.
-*'''September 1, 1644''' Battle of Tippermuir, in which the Marquis of Montrose defeated the Covenanters
+* '''September 6, 1715''' The Earl of Mar unfurled the standard of the Old Pretender in Braemar at the start of the first Jacobite uprising.
-* '''September 3, 1745''' Prince Charles Edward Stuart proclaimed his father King James VIII of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland Scotland].
+* '''September 7, 1736''' A mob broke into the Tolbooth jail and retrieved Captain Porteous and then hanged him.
-*'''Setpember 3, 1787''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow Glasgow] weavers in revolt after their wages are cut.
+* '''September 7, 1842''' Queen Victoria's first visit to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh Edinburgh].
+* '''September 9, 1513''' Battle of Flodden Field.
+* '''September 9, 1543''' Mary, Queen of Scots, crowned at Stirling Castle.
+* '''September 9, 1758''' Birth of painter Alexander Nasmyth in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh Edinburgh].
+* '''September 10, 1547''' Battle of Pinkie Cleugh.
 ==Schedule of Highland Games==