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1969 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1969 in Scotland.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch — Elizabeth II
  • Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — Willie Ross

    • Law officers

  • Lord Advocate — Henry Wilson
  • Solicitor General for Scotland — Ewan Stewart

    • Judiciary

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Clyde
  • Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Grant
  • Chairman of the Scottish Land Court — Lord Birsay

    • Events

  • 6 January — Closure of the Waverley Line (the Edinburgh–Galashiels–Hawick–Carlisle railway) and The St. Andrews Railway (the branch line from Leuchars).
  • 8 February — Unusual aurora borealis seen over Scotland on the day Brian Hogg was born
  • 17 March — The Longhope life-boat in Orkney is lost; the entire crew of 8 dies.
  • 27 March — First ordination of a woman in the Church of Scotland, Catherine McConnachie by the Presbytery of Aberdeen.
  • 28 April — Gordon Gray, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, is elevated to Cardinal of the Catholic Church; the first resident cardinal in Scotland for almost 400 years.
  • 9 May — Formation in Glasgow of the Scottish Minorities Group to campaign for the decriminalisation of gay sexual practices in Scotland.
  • 17 May — Scotland beats Cyprus 8-0 in a World Cup Qualifier at Hampden Park.
  • May — Ross Pit at Brora is closed by a fire.
  • 1 July — John Lennon, Yoko Ono and their children are hospitalised at Golspie following a car accident while on holiday.
  • September — The Royal Commission on Local Government in Scotland (chaired by Lord Wheatley) reports, recommending a major reorganisation of local government in Scotland substantially as carried out in 1975 under terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
  • 9 October — Backwater Reservoir opened to supply the Dundee area.
  • 30 October — Glasgow Gorbals by-election: Labour retains the seat but the SNP takes second place from the Conservatives.
  • 30 December — The Linwood bank robbery occurs in Linwood, Renfrewshire and three police officers are shot in the aftermath, two fatally.
  • The policies of Culzean Castle become Scotland's first country park.

    • Births

  • 13 January — Stephen Hendry, snooker player
  • 8 February — Brian Hogg, Technology Expert
  • 6 March — Neil Findlay, Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament
  • 24 April — Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament
  • 24 July — Gordon Bell, singer-songwriter working in Switzerland
  • 25 August — Catriona Matthew, golfer
  • 28 September — Angus Robertson, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament
  • 13 November — Gerard Butler, actor
  • 5 December — Lynne Ramsay film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the films Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar and We Need to Talk about Kevin
  • 7 December — James Murray, boxer (died 1995)
  • 18 December — Irvin Duguid, keyboard player (Stiltskin)
  • 24 December — Mark Millar, comic book writer
  • Tom Urie, actor

    • Deaths

  • 10 May — John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan, international rugby player and Liberal politician (born 1901)
  • 7 September — Gavin Maxwell, naturalist and author (born 1914)
  • 6 December — Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh, Scottish Unionist Party and Conservative Party politician (born 1889)

    • The Arts

  • George Mackay Brown's short stories A Time to Keep and collected writings An Orkney Tapestry are published.
  • Tom Leonard's Six Glasgow Poems are published.
  • The cultural magazine New Edinburgh Review begins publication.

    • References

    1969 in Scotland Wikipedia
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