The Tartan Army descended on Hampden for Scotland's World Cup qualifier with France - a game the pundits had down as an away win for the visitors, whose side was packed with superstars including Thierry Henry. With their customary exuberance, Scotland's fans gave the team their fullest backing. The French had two goals chalked off in the first 45 minutes, but the best was yet to come.
Defender Gary Caldwell erased memories of Berti Vogts' first game in charge - a 5-0 drubbing in Paris - by steering the ball into the back of the French net on the hour mark. Hampden erupted and the Tartan Army knew another remarkable chapter had been added to Scotland's greatest sporting moments.
Wembley 1977, when the Tartan Army found a new passion - goalpost strength-testing.
They made short work of the sticks and half the turf in the friendliest pitch invasion of all time. Well, we had just beaten England at the "home of football" for the first time in a decade.
We were all on the march with Ally's Army, whipped up with dreams of glory in Argentina.
Like no other man, Ally had us believing the impossible was possible at the 1978 World Cup. There were pop records and the most amazing send-off that Hampden Park had ever seen.
Where were you when Archie Gemmill socked it to the Dutch maestros?
This is what Ally MacLeod had been getting at. Who cares if we couldn't demolish Iran or Peru? He twists, he turns, and the maziest run of all mazy runs left four defenders stupefied to win a 1978 World Cup clash with Holland.
Freuchie! The place even had a great name. This is the 20th anniversary of another great victory.
We beat the English at their own game, cricket - and at Lord's. The Fifers won the UK National Village Challenge.
Elvis Presley, right, never made it anywhere south of the Border, but he did gyrate his hips in Scotland - even if he was only here for two hours.
His plane had touched down at the USAF base at Prestwick for refuelling on March 3, 1960, and word got round The King was on board. He spent the time being photographed and signing autographs.
Hail Andy Murray!
The 18-year-old became a hero last year when he beat Tim Henman for the first time at a tournament in Basle. "This is a pretty special day for me and I'll remember it for the rest of my life," he said. So will we, Andy.
Robert the Bruce was stuck in a cave for three months somewhere in Argyll during the 14th century. Luckily for us, a spider was having trouble building its web but never gave up. Cue Bannockburn.
For the first time in around 300 years a Scottish Parliament was convened. It doesn't quite have the wow factor of our sporting pursuits, but surely May 12, 1999 ranks as one of our greatest moments.
This may or may not be exactly what happened, but who can forget the moment Mel Gibson, as William Wallace, far right, cried "Freedom!
" and our boys let them have it.
David Sole, his head wrapped in Rab C Nesbitt bandage, led the team out at Murrayfield in a menacing slow march. And our boys gave 'em a hell of a beating to chalk up a rugby Grand Slam in 1990, defeating England to get it.
Enough said.
The moment in 1901 when Andrew Greig Barr and his brothers discovered Irn-Bru, right - our other national drink. The Barrs had their eureka moment when they mixed 32 syrups, including real iron.
13The greatest moment for some Outer Hebridean farmers, when Caledonian MacBrayne allowed farmers and their vehicles to travel free on ferries when transporting sheep to Oban market. It led to some farmers packing a sheep into the front seat - Scots enterprise at its best.
Jackie Stewart's dominance of Formula One was a great tonic.
And the moment he was sprayed with champagne as he clinched his first championship in 1969 boosted the nation. The Flying Scot went on to win two more championships.
Sean Connery was named "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine in 1989.
Sean, then 59, said: "For once I am speechless."
16Billy Connolly, right, left his day job as a Clyde shipyard welder and put Scots comedians on the map. The purveyor of the f-word long before Gordon Ramsay.
In 1924, Scots athletics was on top of the world thanks to Eric Liddell. He set a new world record when he won the 400 yard dash at the Olympics in Paris - a feat that inspired the film Chariots of Fire.
18The Bay City Rollers were the tartan-tastic heart-throbs of the Seventies generation.
Spain and the World Cup of 1982. Scotland go in front against the masters from Brazil. Graeme Souness chips the ball forward to John Wark who sets it up for Dave Narey.
Goal! A 20-yard toe poke and we go 1-0 up. But Brazil went on to win 4-1.
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The almost unknown golfer Paul Lawrie seizes the Claret Jug and wins The Open at Carnoustie in 1999.
Frenchman Jean Van de Velde only needed a six at the last to win but ended up in the water and took a seven.
In 1896, Andrew Thomson from Stromness, Orkney, had his bright moment. The apprentice draper lodged a belt up patent in America for "a clasp serving to secure the stocking".
And so suspenders were born.
The track that astonished Scotland and the rest of the UK in 1964. The pocket dynamo from Dennistoun that was Lulu burst on stage, aged just 15, with her most famous song to this day.
Another flying Scot in the shape of cyclist Graeme Obree. He smashed the one-hour record in 1993. He built his own bike and used a bit from his washing machine.
In 1998, Tom Hunter received a payment of 290million for the Sports Division empire he founded 14 years earlier with a 5000 loan.
Not Harry, but Stephen Hendry - the finest Scot ever to play snooker. A pivotal moment was his 147 break against Jimmy White in the semi-finals of the 1995 Embassy World Championship.
a meeting on TV's The Frost Report in 1966 led to 16 years of mirth and happiness. It was when Scot Ronnie Corbett first met Ronnie Barker. The pair fronted The Two Ronnies for 16 years.
Television pictures were beamed into people's homes for the first time by BBC Scotland in March 1952. The first programme was from Edinburgh and featured prayers and a dedication.
a great moment for Rikki Fulton's dimwitted character Supercop, far right.
The biker polis gets off his steed, slaps his gauntlets down on the speeder's car and say: "Oot the car, Sterling."
On the quiet of Christmas Day 1950, four Scots students sneaked into Westminster Abbey and "abducted" the Stone of Destiny. After four months, the stone made it back to Arbroath Abbey, but it was unceremoniously huckled back to London.
On November 15, 1996, the Stone of Destiny was passed by the Home Office to the Scottish Office and it was taken to Edinburgh Castle, where it remains today.
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