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Previous Period
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c.1900
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McLaren Monument (Argyll and Bute) Erected
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c.1900
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The Bullough Mausoleum (Highland) Built
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1900
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Achentoul Lodge (Highland) Built
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1900
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Alastair Sim born - Edinburgh-born actor, particularly remembered for his comedy roles
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1900
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Andrew Barclay died - Engineer
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1900
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Archibald Forbes died - War correspondent and military historian
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1900
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Carnoustie Railway Station (Angus) Opened
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1900
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Charles Piazzi Smyth died - Eccentric Astronomer Royal for Scotland who instigated Edinburgh's "One O'Clock Gun"
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1900
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David William Stanley Ogilvy (8th, 9th or 11th Earl of Airlie) died - Soldier
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1900
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Dr. Sir John Martin Stagg born - Meteorologist, who set the date for D-Day
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1900
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Dunkeld House (Perth and Kinross) Built
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1900
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Frederick (Freddie) Guthrie Tait died - Golfer
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1900
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General Lord Mark Kerr died - Soldier
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1900
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George Douglas Campbell (8th Duke of Argyll) died - Politician
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1900
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Gutter's Hut (Shetland) Built
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1900
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Hercules Linton died - The designer of the clipper ship Cutty Sark
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1900
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Hillfoot Railway Station (East Dunbartonshire) Opened
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1900
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Hugh Miller's Cottage (Highland) Opened
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1900
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James Gall died - Publisher and businessman
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1900
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John (Jack) Abbott born - Entrepreneur
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1900
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John Anderson died - Zoologist
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1900
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John Patrick Crichton-Stuart (3rd Marquess of Bute) died - Patron of the arts and philanthropist
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1900
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John Ruskin died - Critic, artist and social reformer
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1900
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Killantringan Lighthouse (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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1900
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Lady Alicia Scott (Alicia Spottiswoode) died - Composer
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1900
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Low Port Primary School (West Lothian) Built
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1900
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Major General Sir Kenneth Strong born - Intelligence officer
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1900
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Margaret Kidd (Dame Margaret MacDonald) born - Pioneering female lawyer
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1900
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Margaret Sinclair (Sister Mary Francis of the Five Wounds) born - The 'Edinburgh Wonder Worker'
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1900
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North Bridge Arcade (City of Edinburgh) Opened
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1900
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Prof. Sir James Davidson Stuart Cameron born - Physiologist
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1900
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Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon) born - Mother of Queen Elizabeth II
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1900
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Rainy Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1900
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Schomberg Henry Kerr (9th Marquess of Lothian) died - Noble, politician and industrialist
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1900
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Sir David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe (1st Earl of Kilmuir) born - Politician and Lawyer
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1900
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Sir John Cowan died - Paper manufacturer, political organiser and philanthropist
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1900
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Sir John Sholto Douglas (8th Marquis of Queensberry; Viscount Drumlanrig) died - Patron of sport and subject of an infamous trial
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1900
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Sir Robert Boothby (Lord Boothby of Buchan and Rattray Head) born - Politician
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1900
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Sir Thomas McIlwraith died - Politician and financier
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1900
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St Michael's Hospital (West Lothian) Built / Opened
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1900
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The Perth Theatre (Perth and Kinross) Opened
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1900
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Thomas Faed died - Painter, noted for his scenes of domestic life
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1900
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Thorter Reservoir (East Lothian) Opened
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1900
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Tiumpan Head Lighthouse (Western Isles) Built
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1900
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Turner's Bridge (South Ayrshire) Opened
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1900
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William (Willie) Campbell died - Golfer, golf course architect and club-maker
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1900
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William Saunders died - Horticultural pioneer and garden designer
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c.1901
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Dr. Alexander Murray Cockburn born - Geologist
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1901
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Airlie Monument (Angus) Erected
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1901
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Alexander MacArthur born - Unfortunate novelist
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1901
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Arisaig Railway Station (Highland) Opened
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1901
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Arnot Reservoir (Perth and Kinross) Opened
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1901
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Banavie Railway Station (Highland) Opened
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1901
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Barns Ness Lighthouse (East Lothian) Built
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1901
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Beasdale Railway Station (Highland) Opened
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1901
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Black's Memorial Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
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1901
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Connel Bridge (Argyll and Bute) Opened
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1901
|
Corpach Railway Station (Highland) Opened
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1901
|
Drumbowie Reservoir (Falkirk) Opened
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1901
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Dunblane Burgh Chambers (Stirling) Built
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1901
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Frederick (Fred) Pattison Pullar died - Amateur scientist
|
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1901
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Glenfinnan Railway Station (Highland) Opened
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1901
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Glenfinnan Station Museum (Highland) Built
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1901
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Glenfinnan Viaduct (Highland) Opened
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1901
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Greywalls (East Lothian) Built
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1901
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Helen Monro Turner born - Influential glass-engraver and illustrator
|
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1901
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Hoxa Head Lighthouse (Orkney) Built
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1901
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Kinloch Castle (Highland) Built
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1901
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Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell) born - Journalist turned author, best known for his trilogy "Sunset Song", "Cloud Howe" and "Grey Granite"
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1901
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Lochailort Railway Station (Highland) Opened
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1901
|
Locheilside Railway Station (Highland) Opened
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1901
|
Logan Reservoir (South Lanarkshire) Opened
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1901
|
Major General Robert (Roy) Elliott Urquhart born - Soldier
|
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1901
|
Malcolm MacDonald born - Politician, civil servant and author
|
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1901
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Mallaig Railway Station (Highland) Opened
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1901
|
Morar Railway Station (Highland) Opened
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1901
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Pipe Bridge and Weir (Glasgow City) Opened
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1901
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Princess Alice Windsor (Duchess of Gloucester; Alice Montagu Douglas Scott) born - The oldest British Royal in history
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1901
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Prof. Peter Guthrie Tait died - Physicist and mathematician
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1901
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Queen Victoria died - One of the longest reigning British monarchs and lover of all things Scottish, who presided over the flowering of the British Empire and a time of remarkable industrial progress
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1901
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Richard Henry Brunton died - Civil engineer
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1901
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Sir Francis Chichester born - Yachtsman
|
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1901
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Sir George Warrender of Lochend (6th Baronet Lochend) died - Politician and businessman
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1901
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Sir John Brown born - Shipbuilder and naval architect
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1901
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Sir Joseph Noel Paton died - The "Fairy Painter"
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1901
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St Mary's Chapel (Aberdeenshire) Built
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1901
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The Bull Inn (Renfrewshire) Built
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1901
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The Dick Institute (East Ayrshire) Opened
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1901
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The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway (South Lanarkshire) Opened
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1901
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Turnberry Ailsa Course (South Ayrshire) Opened
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1901
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West Highland Line (Highland) Opened
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c.1902
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Alan Eaglesham born - Communist
|
|
1902
|
(William) Ivison Macadam died - Scientist
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1902
|
Archibald Hood died - Mining engineer and entrepreneur
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1902
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Arta (Glasgow City) Built
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1902
|
Balmoral Hotel (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
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1902
|
Bangour Reservoir (West Lothian) Opened
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1902
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Eric Henry Liddell born - Record-breaking athlete who won two medals in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games
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1902
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Francis Hindes Groome died - Editor of the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland and eminent scholar of gypsy life and culture
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1902
|
George Douglas Brown died - Author
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1902
|
Glenborrodale Castle (Highland) Built
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1902
|
HM Prison Inverness (Highland) Built
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1902
|
Henry Dunning Macleod died - Economist
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1902
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Inverurie Railway Station (Aberdeenshire) Built
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1902
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Islesburgh Community Centre (Shetland) Built
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1902
|
James Dick died - Industrialist and philanthropist
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1902
|
John Faed died - Painter
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1902
|
John MacDonald Bannerman (Lord Bannerman of Kildonan) born - Sports personality and Gaelic activist
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1902
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John McIlwraith died - Manufacturing plumber and ship-owner
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1902
|
John Stuart McCaig died - Oban banker, art critic and philosophical essayist
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1902
|
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (Glasgow City) Opened
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1902
|
Macrosty Park (Perth and Kinross) Created
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1902
|
McCaig's Tower (Argyll and Bute) Erected
|
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1902
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Pittencrieff Park (Fife) Created
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1902
|
Rev. Dr. Donald Caskie born - The Tartan Pimpernel
|
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1902
|
Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall born - Clergyman, who became Chaplain to the US Senate
|
|
1902
|
Rysa Lodge (Orkney) Built
|
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1902
|
Scotsman Hotel (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1902
|
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
|
|
1902
|
Sir Thomas Jamieson Boyd died - Publisher and politician
|
|
1902
|
The Gaiety Theatre (South Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1902
|
The Hatrack (Glasgow City) Built
|
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1902
|
Thomas (Tom) Dunn died - Golf professional, club manufacturer and golf-course designer
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1902
|
Thomas Symington Halliday (T.S. Halliday) born - Stained glass artist, painter, sculptor and teacher
|
|
1902
|
Victoria Bridge (Moray) Opened
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1902
|
William Topaz McGonagall died - Poet
|
|
1903
|
Andrew Greig Barr died - Father of Irn Bru
|
|
1903
|
Bass Rock Lighthouse (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1903
|
Charles McBride died - Sculptor
|
|
1903
|
Colonel Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart (7th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall) died - Landowner and politician
|
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1903
|
David George Ritchie died - Philosopher
|
|
1903
|
David Talbot Rice born - Academic
|
|
1903
|
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (14th Duke of Hamilton; 11th Duke of Brandon) born - Pioneering aviator and central character in the flight of Rudolf Hess during World War II
|
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1903
|
Dr. Margaret Fay Shaw born - Gaelic folklorist and photographer
|
|
1903
|
George 'Phil' Macpherson (G.P.S. Macpherson) born - Rugby player, who became Scotland's first Grand Slam winning captain
|
|
1903
|
Greyfriars John Knox Church (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1903
|
Henry (Harry) Harvey Wood born - Founder of the Edinburgh Festival
|
|
1903
|
Hugh Fraser (Lord Fraser of Allander) born - Retailing entrepreneur
|
|
1903
|
James Abbott McNeill Whistler died - Artist
|
|
1903
|
John Duncan (Jock) Semple born - Sports trainer and administrator
|
|
1903
|
Katharine Elliot (Baroness Elliot of Harwood) born - Politician and landowner
|
|
1903
|
Killermont House (East Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1903
|
Major General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald (Fighting Mac) died - Soldier
|
|
1903
|
Muirend Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1903
|
Neilston Railway Station (East Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1903
|
Patterton Railway Station (East Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1903
|
Peter Angus Macnab born - Veteran author
|
|
1903
|
Pittodrie Stadium (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1903
|
Prof. Alexander Bain died - Thinker, psychologist and educationalist
|
|
1903
|
Sir Alexander (Alec) Douglas-Home (Lord Home of the Hirsel) born - British Prime Minister
|
|
1903
|
Sir William MacTaggart born - Painter
|
|
1903
|
Skibo Castle (Highland) Built
|
|
1903
|
Stobs Camp (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1903
|
The Hill House (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1903
|
The National Stadium (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1903
|
The Palace Theatre and Grand Hall (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1903
|
The Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh - The Caledonian Hotel (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1903
|
Thomas McIlwraith died - Canadian businessman and ornithologist
|
|
1903
|
Wemyss Bay Railway Station and Ferry Terminal (Inverclyde) Built
|
|
1903
|
William (Willie) Park (Senior) died - Golfing champion
|
|
1903
|
William Quarrier died - Philanthropist and social reformer
|
|
c.1904
|
Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (City of Edinburgh) Established
|
|
1904
|
Alan Ronald Nall-Cain (Lord Brocket) born - Member of Parliament and Nazi sympathiser, who was the infamous absentee landlord of the Knoydart Estate
|
|
1904
|
Amelia Robertson Paton (Amelia Hill) died - Sculptress and artist
|
|
1904
|
Arthur Melville died - Artist
|
|
1904
|
Boroughmuir High School (City of Edinburgh) Established
|
|
1904
|
Burnside Railway Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1904
|
Castle Douglas Public Library (Dumfries and Galloway) Established
|
|
1904
|
Charles (Chuck) Robert Gardiner born - Ice hockey star, known as the .Wandering Scotsman
|
|
1904
|
Commander Colin Campbell Mitchell born - Engineer and inventor of the steam catapult
|
|
1904
|
Cowgill Upper Reservoir (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1904
|
David Watson Stevenson (D.W. Stevenson) died - Sculptor
|
|
1904
|
Donald Bain born - Artist
|
|
1904
|
Dr. Andrew Peebles Aitken died - Agricultural chemist
|
|
1904
|
Dunskey House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1904
|
Eastfield Depot (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1904
|
Erik Chisholm born - Composer
|
|
1904
|
Erskine Nicol died - Painter
|
|
1904
|
Glasgow Golf Course (Killermont) (East Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1904
|
Hyskeir Lighthouse (Highland) Built
|
|
1904
|
Isabella Lucy Bird (Isabella Bishop) died - Traveller and author
|
|
1904
|
Jennie Lee (Baroness Asheridge) born - Politician
|
|
1904
|
John MacDonald MacCormick born - Lawyer and Nationalist
|
|
1904
|
Kirkhill Railway Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1904
|
Larkhall Viaduct (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1904
|
Mungo Park died - Golfing champion
|
|
1904
|
Northern Lighthouse Board Operational Base (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1904
|
Samuel Smiles died - Author and reformer
|
|
1904
|
Scotland Street School (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1904
|
Sir George Taylor born - Botanist and plant hunter
|
|
1904
|
Sir John Usher (Sir John Usher of Norton) died - Whisky blender
|
|
1904
|
Sir William Kininmonth born - Architect
|
|
1904
|
The Columba Centre (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1904
|
The Garrison Theatre (Shetland) Opened
|
|
1904
|
The Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1905
|
Air Commodore Colin Simpson Cadell born - Aviator and electrical engineer
|
|
1905
|
Airbles Cemetery (North Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1905
|
Balnagask Golf Course (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1905
|
Buckieburn Reservoir (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1905
|
Bute Museum (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1905
|
Caledonian Railway Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1905
|
David Fowler McIntyre born - Airline pioneer
|
|
1905
|
Drummond House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1905
|
Duncan Macrae born - Actor
|
|
1905
|
Finlas, Loch (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1905
|
Harold Segerson Mahony died - Scottish-Irish tennis player
|
|
1905
|
Isabella Elder (Isabella Ure) died - Philanthropist
|
|
1905
|
James (Jamie) Anderson died - Golf champion
|
|
1905
|
James Dobbie died - Nurseryman
|
|
1905
|
James Robertson Justice born - Portly actor
|
|
1905
|
James William Barke born - Radical author
|
|
1905
|
John Maxwell born - Artist
|
|
1905
|
Johnny Ramensky ('Gentle Johnny'; John Ramsay; Yonas Ramanauckas) born - Heroic safe-breaker
|
|
1905
|
Midlothian County Buildings (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1905
|
Patrick Neill Fraser died - Horticulturalist and printer
|
|
1905
|
Priorsford Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1905
|
Prof. Ian Aird born - Surgeon, who developed the kidney transplant in the UK
|
|
1905
|
Robert Brough died - Artist
|
|
1905
|
Sir James Miller born - Housebuilder and politician
|
|
1905
|
Sir Robert Jardine died - Trader and politician
|
|
1905
|
Sir William Muir died - Indian civil servant and oriental historian
|
|
1905
|
The King's Theatre (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1905
|
Tobermory Clock Tower (Argyll and Bute) Erected
|
|
1905
|
Walter Pritchard born - Stained glass artist, mural painter and sculptor
|
|
1905
|
William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) died - Novelist, poet and biographer
|
|
1905
|
Woodside Library (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1906
|
(William) Ian Robertson Finlay born - Museum administrator, writer and broadcaster
|
|
1906
|
Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education (Dundee City) Built
|
|
1906
|
Ardkinglas (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1906
|
Automatic Tide Marker Station (North Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1906
|
Caaf Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1906
|
Caledonian Railway Bridge (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1906
|
Dr. John Lorne Campbell born - Folklorist, historian and author, noted for his study of Hedridean and Gaelic culture
|
|
1906
|
Eastern Channel (Falkirk) Built
|
|
1906
|
Edinburgh College of Art (City of Edinburgh) Established
|
|
1906
|
Eigg Lighthouse (Highland) Built
|
|
1906
|
General John McArthur died - Union General in the American Civil War
|
|
1906
|
Institute of Geography (City of Edinburgh) Established
|
|
1906
|
James (Jimmy) MacDonald born - The voice of Mickey Mouse
|
|
1906
|
Kilduskland Reservoir (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1906
|
Liberton Hospital (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1906
|
Maplehurst (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1906
|
Outerwards Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1906
|
Peter Ritchie Calder (Lord Ritchie-Calder of Balmashanner) born - Author, journalist and academic
|
|
1906
|
Prof. James Blyth died - Academic and inventor
|
|
1906
|
Prof. Robert Rainy died - Clergyman and ecclesiastical statesman
|
|
1906
|
Prof. Sir Robert Matthew born - Architect
|
|
1906
|
Rear Admiral Sir Anthony Cecil Capel Miers born - Submariner and naval commander
|
|
1906
|
Rev. Dr. George Matheson died - Preacher and noted hymn-writer
|
|
1906
|
Robert Methven Heron died - Potter
|
|
1906
|
Rouken Glen Park (East Renfrewshire) Created
|
|
1906
|
Sir Charles Tennant died - Industrialist and politician
|
|
1906
|
Sir John Leng died - Energetic politician and businessman
|
|
1906
|
The His Majesty's Theatre (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1906
|
Trump Turnberry Resort (South Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1906
|
Western Channel (Falkirk) Built
|
|
1906
|
William Mackison died - Engineer and architect
|
|
1907
|
Alexander Buchan died - Meteorologist
|
|
1907
|
Andrew Cruickshank born - Actor
|
|
1907
|
Ayr Racecourse (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1907
|
Braes of Rannoch Parish Church (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1907
|
David MacBrayne died - Ship owner
|
|
1907
|
Dindinnie Upper Reservoir (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1907
|
Dudley Dexter Watkins (Dudley D. Watkins) born - Cartoonist and Illustrator
|
|
1907
|
Eilean a' Chuirn Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1907
|
Gorgie Road Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1907
|
Grange (West Lothian) Built
|
|
1907
|
HM Prison Greenock (Inverclyde) Built
|
|
1907
|
Hew Lorimer born - Sculptor
|
|
1907
|
Islesburgh House Hostel (Shetland) Built
|
|
1907
|
Jameson Clark born - Screen and television actor
|
|
1907
|
Larkhall Railway Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1907
|
Peebles Hydro (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1907
|
Peter Fleming born - Travel writer and soldier
|
|
1907
|
Prof. David Masson died - Academic
|
|
1907
|
Ravenspark Golf Course (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1907
|
Robert McLellan born - Playwright and poet
|
|
1907
|
Singer Railway Station (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1907
|
Sir Alexander Robertus Todd (Lord Todd of Trumpington) born - Scientist
|
|
1907
|
Sir Archibald Alison died - Soldier
|
|
1907
|
Sir Basil Urwin Spence born - Architect, who attracted controversy for his contemporary designs
|
|
1907
|
Sir Benjamin Baker died - English Civil engineer
|
|
1907
|
Sir James Hector died - Geologist and naturalist, who came to dominate science in New Zealand
|
|
1907
|
Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin of Largs) died - Mathematician and Physicist
|
|
1907
|
St Joseph's College (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1907
|
The Titan Crane (West Dunbartonshire) Built
|
|
1907
|
Town House (South Lanarkshire) Established
|
|
1907
|
William Gunion Rutherford died - Classicist and Headmaster of Westminster School
|
|
1908
|
(Cecil) Arnold Beevers born - Crystallographer and inventor
|
|
1908
|
Agassiz Rock (City of Edinburgh) Erected
|
|
1908
|
Birkhill Fireclay Mine (Falkirk) Opened
|
|
1908
|
Carriden Parish Church (Falkirk) Built
|
|
1908
|
Charles Forte (Lord Forte) born - Hotelier and entrepreneur
|
|
1908
|
Colliston Park (Dumfries and Galloway) Created
|
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1908
|
Edward Caird died - Philosopher
|
|
1908
|
Eskdalemuir Observatory (Dumfries and Galloway) Established
|
|
1908
|
Ian Fleming born - English author
|
|
1908
|
Jean McDowell (Jean Burnett) born - Pioneering sports woman
|
|
1908
|
John Adrian Louis Hope (7th Earl of Hopetoun; 1st Marquis of Linlithgow) died - Politician
|
|
1908
|
Peebles Golf Course (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
|
1908
|
Perth City Hall (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1908
|
Perth Racecourse (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
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1908
|
Prof. James Bell Pettigrew died - Naturalist, who pioneered an understanding of flight
|
|
1908
|
Prof. Kenneth Mellanby born - Ecologist and entomologist who drew attention to the environmental effects of pesticides
|
|
1908
|
Queen Victoria School (Stirling) Erected
|
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1908
|
Robert Jameson died - South African entrepreneur and politician
|
|
1908
|
Rochomie Reservoir (Moray) Opened
|
|
1908
|
Ronald Bradbury born - Architect
|
|
1908
|
Saughton Park (City of Edinburgh) Created
|
|
1908
|
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman died - Politician and Prime Minister of Britain between 1905 and 1908
|
|
1908
|
Sir James (Jimmy) Shand born - Musician
|
|
1908
|
Sir James Campbell died - Politician
|
|
1908
|
The Very Rev. Dr. Ronald Selby Wright born - Clergyman
|
|
1908
|
The Very Rev. Prof. Archibald Hamilton Charteris died - Influential churchman
|
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1908
|
Thomas Morris (Old Tom) died - Golfer
|
|
1908
|
Walter Chalmers Smith died - Poet, hymn-writer and Free Church minister
|
|
1909
|
Alexander Anderson died - Poet, who became Chief Librarian to the University of Edinburgh
|
|
1909
|
Alexander Fleming died - Iron-master and philanthropist
|
|
1909
|
Archibald (Archie) Jackson born - Cricketer, whose promising career was curtailed by his early death
|
|
1909
|
Bartholomew House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1909
|
Blackwater Reservoir (Highland) Opened
|
|
1909
|
Cairns of Coll Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1909
|
Colonel William Hope died - One of the first recipients of the Victoria Cross
|
|
1909
|
Corn Exchange and New Markets (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1909
|
David Jacks (David Jack) died - Entrepreneur and land speculator who gave his name to 'Monterey Jack' cheese
|
|
1909
|
Edinburgh College of Art (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1909
|
Ellen King (Ellen Pearson) born - Olympic swimmer
|
|
1909
|
Ethel MacDonald born - Radical, who became known as the Scottish Scarlet Pimpernel
|
|
1909
|
Glenquey Reservoir (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1909
|
Gourock Outdoor Pool (Inverclyde) Opened
|
|
1909
|
James Jackson born - Footballer
|
|
1909
|
James Patrick Robertson (Lord Robertson of Forteviot) died - Jurist and politician
|
|
1909
|
Jemima Blackburn (Jemima Wedderburn) died - Artist
|
|
1909
|
John Thomson born - Football player
|
|
1909
|
Kinlochleven Hydro-Electric Scheme (Highland) Opened
|
|
1909
|
Lieut. Jozef Stanislaw Kosacki born - Inventor and soldier
|
|
1909
|
Marion Crawford (Crawfie; Marion Buthlay) born - Governess who gained notoriety as the first Royal servant to sell her story to the press
|
|
1909
|
Mary Burton died - Social reformer, who was regarded as one of Edinburgh's foremost women of her time
|
|
1909
|
Neist Point Lighthouse (Highland) Built
|
|
1909
|
Nigel Tranter (Nye Tredgold) born - Historical novelist
|
|
1909
|
Peter Barr died - Plantsman
|
|
1909
|
Prof. Robert Allan Smith born - Physicist and academic leader
|
|
1909
|
Robert Garioch (Robert Garioch Sutherland) born - Satirical poet and translator
|
|
1909
|
Robin Orr born - Composer, academic and first Chairman of Scottish Opera
|
|
1909
|
Scottish Borders Campus (Scottish Borders) Established
|
|
1909
|
Sir Arthur Mitchell died - Physician, medical administrator and antiquarian
|
|
1909
|
Sir Donald Currie died - Shipping magnate and politician
|
|
1909
|
Sir Matthew (Matt) Busby born - Football manager
|
|
1909
|
Sir Theodore Martin died - Author and biographer
|
|
1909
|
Tannadice Park (Dundee City) Opened
|
|
1909
|
William Gemmell Cochran born - Statistician
|
|
c.1910
|
Craigentinny Depot (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1910
|
(Alexander) Esmé Gordon born - Architect
|
|
1910
|
Allan Macbeth died - Academic, composer and musician
|
|
1910
|
Cardinal Gordon Joseph Gray born - The first post-Reformation Cardinal to lead the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland
|
|
1910
|
Catherine Helen Spence died - Australian social reformer
|
|
1910
|
David Niven born - Actor
|
|
1910
|
Domenico Chiocchetti born - Creator of the noted 'Italian Chapel' on Lamb Holm (Orkney)
|
|
1910
|
Dr. Thomas (Tom) Anderson (Tammy Anderson) born - Fiddler and composer
|
|
1910
|
Dumbarton Public Library (West Dunbartonshire) Built
|
|
1910
|
Elizabeth (Bessie) Williamson born - Influential whisky distiller
|
|
1910
|
George Millar born - Author and soldier
|
|
1910
|
John McLaren (Lord McLaren) died - Judge and politician
|
|
1910
|
Molly Weir born - Stage, screen, radio and television character actress and author
|
|
1910
|
Most Rev. William Dalrymple Maclagan died - Archbishop of York
|
|
1910
|
Norman MacCaig born - Poet
|
|
1910
|
Prof. Ian Donald born - Medical scientist and inventor of the first practical ultrasound scanner
|
|
1910
|
Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn died - Ship-owner, businessman and politician
|
|
1910
|
St Aloysius' Church (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1910
|
Stephen Adam died - Stained-glass artist
|
|
1910
|
West Port Garden (City of Edinburgh) Created
|
|
1910
|
William (Willie) Law Anderson died - Golfer, who dominated the game in the USA in the first decade of the 20th C
|
|
1910
|
William McTaggart died - Painter
|
|
1910
|
William Muir (William McDonald McGregor Muir) died - Self-taught artist
|
|
c.1911
|
Vaul Golf Course (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1911
|
Alexander (Alex) Lees born - War veteran, who as a prisoner in Germany took part in the events which inspired the film The Great Escape
|
|
1911
|
Arbroath Railway Station (Angus) Built
|
|
1911
|
Ayr Pavilion (South Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1911
|
Barshaw Park (Renfrewshire) Created
|
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1911
|
Christian Salvesen died - Ship-owner
|
|
1911
|
Cowan Park (East Renfrewshire) Created
|
|
1911
|
Dr. Joseph Bell died - Surgeon
|
|
1911
|
Emilio Coia born - Caricaturist
|
|
1911
|
George Chrystal died - Mathematician and academic
|
|
1911
|
Gian Carlo Menotti born - Composer
|
|
1911
|
Jack Kane born - Campaigning local politician who became the first Labour Lord Provost of Edinburgh
|
|
1911
|
James Faed died - Engraver
|
|
1911
|
John MacWhirter died - Landscape painter
|
|
1911
|
Joseph (Joe) Milne died - Artist
|
|
1911
|
Leuchars Station (Fife) Opened
|
|
1911
|
Mitchell Library (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1911
|
Muir Matheson born - Musical director and composer
|
|
1911
|
North Third Reservoir (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1911
|
Prof. John (Jack) W. Boag born - Medical physicist and pacifist
|
|
1911
|
Rubh' an Eun Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1911
|
Sarah (Cissie) Gillow Marshall Stewart (Sarah Hunter) born - Olympic swimmer and pioneering sports woman
|
|
1911
|
Simon Fraser (17th Lord Lovat) born - Soldier, who created the 'Commandos'
|
|
1911
|
Sir Alexander (Alec) Kirkland Cairncross born - Economist
|
|
1911
|
Sir James Marjoribanks born - Diplomat
|
|
1911
|
Sir Michael Woodruff born - Medical scientist
|
|
1911
|
Sorley MacLean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) born - Gaelic Poet
|
|
1911
|
Stobshiel Reservoir (East Lothian) Opened
|
|
1911
|
Straloch (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1911
|
Thomas Blake Glover died - Merchant and reformer in Japan
|
|
1911
|
William (Willie) Ross (Lord Ross of Marnock) born - Labour politician and longest serving Secretary of State for Scotland
|
|
1911
|
William McGregor died - Football administrator
|
|
1911
|
Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming died - Astronomer
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|
1912
|
Alexander Mackendrick born - Film director
|
|
1912
|
Alexander William George Duff (1st Duke of Fife) died - Politician, banker and landowner
|
|
1912
|
Captain Robert Falcon Scott died - Antarctic explorer, who died returning from the South Pole in 1912
|
|
1912
|
Charles William Hope (3rd Marquis of Linlithgow) born - Noble and soldier
|
|
1912
|
Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson died - English explorer and scientist
|
|
1912
|
Dr. James Frederic Riley born - Medical scientist
|
|
1912
|
Freemason's Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1912
|
George Elder Davie born - Philosopher
|
|
1912
|
George Law Campbell born - Linguist and author
|
|
1912
|
James Barbour died - Architect
|
|
1912
|
James Petrie Chalmers (J.P. Chalmers) died - Film and publishing entrepreneur
|
|
1912
|
John Adrian Louis Hope (Baron Glendevon) born - Noble and politician
|
|
1912
|
Joseph Lister (1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis) died - Surgeon
|
|
1912
|
Kirk o' Field (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1912
|
Malcolm (Callum) Macdonald born - Printer and publisher of Scottish poetry
|
|
1912
|
Prof. Ramsay Heatley Traquair died - Palaeontologist and museum curator
|
|
1912
|
Ravelston Golf Course (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1912
|
Robert Morham died - Edinburgh City Architect
|
|
1912
|
Sir (Horace) Edward Moss died - Theatre impresario
|
|
1912
|
Sir Ewan Forbes of Craigievar born - Transexual who became the focus of a landmark legal case
|
|
1912
|
Sir Harold Montague (Monty) Finniston born - Re-organiser of British Steel
|
|
1912
|
Sir Ian Kinloch MacGregor born - Industrialist, who presided over the reorganisation of Britain's nationalised heavy industries
|
|
1912
|
Sir James Wilson McKay born - Lord Provost of Edinburgh
|
|
1912
|
Sir John Arbuthnot born - Politician
|
|
1912
|
Sir John Crofton born - Pioneer in the treatment of tuberculosis
|
|
1912
|
Sir John Edward Gilmour born - Politician
|
|
1912
|
Sir John Logan Campbell died - New Zealand businessman and politician, known as "the father of Auckland"
|
|
1912
|
Sir Maitland Mackie born - Farmer, entrepreneur and politician
|
|
1912
|
Sir Robert Lang Lickley born - Aeronautical Engineer
|
|
1912
|
Sophia Jex Blake died - Medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette
|
|
1912
|
The Hippodrome (Falkirk) Opened
|
|
1912
|
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham born - Artist and printmaker
|
|
1912
|
William (Bill) Watt born - Developed carbon fibre
|
|
1912
|
William Wilson died - Invented the sport of water polo
|
|
1913
|
Ballikinrain Castle (Stirling) Built
|
|
1913
|
Benny Lynch born - Undoubtedly Scotland's greatest boxer
|
|
1913
|
Campbeltown Picture House (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1913
|
Cedric Thorpe Davie born - Composer and academic
|
|
1913
|
Clydebank Library (West Dunbartonshire) Established
|
|
1913
|
Crocodile Rock (North Ayrshire) Erected
|
|
1913
|
David Morrison born - Veteran athlete
|
|
1913
|
Dr. William McEwan died - Brewer and philanthropist
|
|
1913
|
Ebenezer Bryce died - Mormon convert who gave his name to Bryce Canyon (Utah, USA)
|
|
1913
|
Ella Logan (Georgina Armour Allan) born - Singer and actress
|
|
1913
|
Iain Norman Macleod born - Politician
|
|
1913
|
James Orrock died - Artist, art collector and dealer
|
|
1913
|
Joseph (Jo) Grimond (Baron Grimond of Firth) born - Politician
|
|
1913
|
Joseph Crawhall died - Painter
|
|
1913
|
King Edward VII Monument (Perth and Kinross) Erected
|
|
1913
|
Lieutenant Anthony (Tony) Fasson born - Naval officer
|
|
1913
|
Linlithgow Golf Club (West Lothian) Opened
|
|
1913
|
Mary Lily Walker died - Social reformer
|
|
1913
|
Mary O'Rourke (Master Joe Petersen; Mary Lethbridge) born - The Phenomenal Boy Singer
|
|
1913
|
Robert MacBryde born - Painter and theatre set designer
|
|
1913
|
Sandford House (Fife) Built
|
|
1913
|
Sir Alan Blyth Hume born - Civil servant and conservationist
|
|
1913
|
Sir George Reid died - Artist noted for his portraits
|
|
1913
|
Sir John Batty Tuke died - Psychiatrist, who did much to bring about a more enlightened understanding of mental illness and the humane treatment of patients
|
|
1913
|
Sir Reo Stakis (Argiros Anastasis) born - Hotel and casino chain owner
|
|
1913
|
Sir William Arrol died - Engineer and leading railway contractor
|
|
1913
|
The Bastille (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1913
|
The Writers' Museum (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1913
|
Thomas Francis Jamieson died - Geologist
|
|
1913
|
Tummel Suspension Bridge (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1913
|
Westerton Railway Station (East Dunbartonshire) Opened
|
|
1913
|
William (Bill) Shankly born - Football manager
|
|
1913
|
William (Willie) Logan born - Flamboyant building contractor, entrepreneur and Freeman of Dingwall
|
|
1913
|
Winifred (Winnie) Drinkwater born - Pioneering aviator
|
|
1913
|
Cadder Pit Disaster
|
|
1914
|
Alistair Forbes-Mackay died - Navy surgeon who reached the Magnetic South Pole (as part of Shackleton's expedition) in 1909, three years before Amundsen and Scott reached the Geographical South Pole
|
|
1914
|
Archibald (Archie) Duncan born - Screen and television actor
|
|
1914
|
Boroughmuir Apartments (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1914
|
David Patrick died - Reference editor
|
|
1914
|
David Smart died - Architect
|
|
1914
|
Dunblane Cemetery (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1914
|
Edward Calvert died - Architect, noted for his domestic work in the Edinburgh area
|
|
1914
|
Gavin Maxwell born - Author
|
|
1914
|
George Barron born - Gardener and broadcaster
|
|
1914
|
James Robertson died - Marmalade manufacturer
|
|
1914
|
John Douglas Sutherland Campbell (9th Duke of Argyll) died - Politician and statesman
|
|
1914
|
John M. Honeyman died - Architect
|
|
1914
|
John Muir died - Naturalist and conservationist
|
|
1914
|
Major Herbert (Blondie) Hasler born - Cockleshell Hero
|
|
1914
|
Midfield House (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1914
|
Perth Royal Infirmary (Perth and Kinross) Built / Opened
|
|
1914
|
Robert Colquhoun born - Artist
|
|
1914
|
Rosyth Railway Station (Fife) Opened
|
|
1914
|
Sadie McLellan born - Stained-glass artist
|
|
1914
|
Scottish National Housing Company Ltd. formed
|
|
1914
|
Simon Ramsay (16th Earl of Dalhousie) born - Land-owner, statesman and Politician
|
|
1914
|
Sir David Gill died - Astronomer
|
|
1914
|
Sir Donald Alexander Smith (1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal) died - Businessman and statesman
|
|
1914
|
Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn died - Medical and health pioneer
|
|
1914
|
Sir John Murray died - Pioneering Oceanographer
|
|
1914
|
Sir William Alexander Smith died - Founder of the Boy's Brigade
|
|
1914
|
Sir William Whyte died - Canadian railwayman
|
|
1914
|
Thomas (Tom) Weir born - Broadcaster, climber, author and naturalist
|
|
1914
|
Thomas (Tommy) McQuater born - Big-band trumpeter
|
|
1914
|
Town House (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1914
|
Usher Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1914
|
William (Willie) Graham died - Photographer
|
|
1914
|
William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott (6th Duke of Buccleuch; 8th Duke of Queensberry) died - Noble and politician
|
|
1914
|
William Robert Galbraith (W.R. Galbraith) died - Railway engineer
|
|
1914
|
Loss of HMS Oceanic
|
|
1915
|
Alfred (Alf) Webster died - Stained glass artist
|
|
1915
|
Burncrooks Reservoir (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1915
|
Elizabeth Cameron (Mary Elizabeth Vaughan-Lee) born - Botanical artist and entrepreneur
|
|
1915
|
Henry Alexander Mavor died - Electrical Engineer
|
|
1915
|
Iona Marble Quarry (Argyll and Bute) Closed
|
|
1915
|
Jack Milroy (James Cruden) born - Comedian
|
|
1915
|
James Keir Hardie died - Radical Socialist
|
|
1915
|
Lieut-Colonel Sir (Archibald) David Stirling born - The Phantom Major, who founded the Special Air Service (SAS)
|
|
1915
|
Lieut-General Sir James Parlane Baird born - Director-General of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
|
|
1915
|
Louisa Jordan died - Nurse
|
|
1915
|
Lyness Naval Cemetery (Orkney) Opened
|
|
1915
|
Margaret (Madge) Neill Fraser died - Popular golfer, nurse and suffragist
|
|
1915
|
Mary Slessor died - An ordinary mill worker who became a notable missionary in West Africa
|
|
1915
|
Mid Breich Bing (West Lothian) Closed
|
|
1915
|
Preston Watson died - Pioneer of flight
|
|
1915
|
Prof. James Murdoch Geikie died - Geologist
|
|
1915
|
Prof. Percy Edwin Alan Johnson-Marshall born - Town planner, architect and academic
|
|
1915
|
RNAS Longside (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
1915
|
Redford Barracks (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1915
|
Rev. Dr. John Ross died - Missionary, regarded as the founder of the Protestant Church in Manchuria and the first to translate the bible into Korean
|
|
1915
|
Robert (Bob) Ferguson died - Golf champion
|
|
1915
|
Scotstoun Sports Campus (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1915
|
Scrymgeour Building (Dundee City) Established
|
|
1915
|
Sir John James Cowperthwaite born - Economist, responsible for creating Hong Kong's dynamic economy
|
|
1915
|
Sir Michael Nairn died - Linoleum baron
|
|
1915
|
Sir Sandford Fleming died - Canadian railway engineer, born in Kirkcaldy
|
|
1915
|
Sir Thomas Clouston died - Medical pioneer
|
|
1915
|
The Museum of Flight (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1915
|
Quintinshill Rail Disaster
|
|
1916
|
(Alexander) Easton Gibb died - Engineer
|
|
1916
|
(William) George Pottinger born - Disgraced civil servant
|
|
1916
|
Barcraigs Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1916
|
Clythness Lighthouse (Highland) Built
|
|
1916
|
Daniel Kerr died - American politician
|
|
1916
|
Hamish MacCunn died - Composer
|
|
1916
|
Henry Alexander Hepburne Scott (10th Earl of Polwarth) born - Businessman and politician
|
|
1916
|
James Connolly died - Irish nationalist and socialist
|
|
1916
|
James Herriot (James Alfred Wight) born - Author
|
|
1916
|
Jessie Kesson (Jessie Grant McDonald) born - Author and play-wright
|
|
1916
|
John (Jack) Cannon born - Golfer
|
|
1916
|
John Reid died - Golfing pioneer
|
|
1916
|
Machrihanish Air Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1916
|
Peter Dodds McCormick died - Composer of the Australian National Anthem and choirmaster
|
|
1916
|
Prof. Sir Frederick (Fred) Stewart born - Geologist and science administrator
|
|
1916
|
Prof. Sir William Ramsay died - Chemist
|
|
1916
|
Prof. Sir William Turner died - Anatomist, science administrator and Principal of the University of Edinburgh
|
|
1916
|
Rev. Prof. William Angus Knight died - Philosopher, educationalist and churchman
|
|
1916
|
Robert James Naismith born - Architect and town planner
|
|
1916
|
Sir Andrew Alexander Steel Stark born - Diplomat
|
|
1916
|
Sir James Key Caird died - Jute Baron and philanthropist
|
|
1916
|
Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton died - Clinical pharmacologist
|
|
1916
|
Stirling Railway Station (Stirling) Built
|
|
1916
|
Summerhall (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1916
|
The Very Rev. Prof. John McIntyre born - Scholar and history-making clergyman
|
|
1916
|
William Leiper died - Architect and artist
|
|
1917
|
(John David) Ruari McDowall Hardie McLean born - Typographer and graphical designer
|
|
1917
|
(Richard) Harold Barnwell died - Aircraft pioneer
|
|
1917
|
Alexander Ellis died - Architect
|
|
1917
|
Carbisdale Castle (Highland) Built
|
|
1917
|
Central Park (Fife) Opened
|
|
1917
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Eddie C. Straiton born - Veterinary surgeon, author and broadcaster, known as "the first TV vet"
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1917
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Eileen Caddy born - Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation
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1917
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Elsie Inglis died - A leading surgeon and suffragette
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1917
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Eric Campbell died - Actor
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1917
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Glencairn Balfour Paul born - Diplomat, traveller and Arabist
|
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1917
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Peter Caddy born - Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation
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1917
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Robert Noble died - Artist
|
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1917
|
Sir (Crawford) Murray MacLehose (Lord MacLehose of Beoch) born - Governor of Hong Kong
|
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1917
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St John the Evangelist Episcopal Church (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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1917
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Thomas (Tommy) Arthur Nelson died - Publisher
|
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1917
|
Turnberry Airfield (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
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1917
|
Victor Alexander Bruce (9th Earl of Elgin; 13th Earl of Kincardine) died - Statesman and Viceroy of India
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1917
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William Brassey Hole died - Painter and illustrator
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1917
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Wing Commander Hugh Malcolm born - Royal Air Force pilot
|
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1917
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K13 Submarine Disaster
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1918
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(William) Sydney Graham (W.S. Graham) born - Neo-Romantic poet
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1918
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Beecraigs Loch (West Lothian) Opened
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1918
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Captain John Melville Keay died - Record-breaking ships captain
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1918
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Dame Muriel Spark (Muriel Sarah Camberg) born - Novelist
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1918
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Elizabeth (Betty) Mouat died - Unintentional traveller
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1918
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George Alexander Eugene Douglas (Dawyck) Haig (2nd Earl Haig of Bemersyde; Viscount Dawyck) born - Painter and public servant
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1918
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George Coats (Lord Glentanar) died - Textile manufacturer
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1918
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James Robert Rhind (J. R. Rhind) died - Architect
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1918
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Janet Black (Janet Coats) died - Philanthropist
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1918
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John (Jack) Edgar Webster born - Scots-Canadian journalist and broadcaster
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1918
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John Barbour died - Draper, who gave his name to the Barbour Jacket
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1918
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John Rennie died - Naval architect
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1918
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Kilchoman Military Cemetery (Argyll and Bute) Opened
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1918
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Marcus Dods born - Composer and musical director
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1918
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RNAS Longside (Aberdeenshire) Closed
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1918
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Sinking of HMS Campania
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1918
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Thomas (Tom) Scott born - Poet and translator of verse
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1918
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William (Willie) Stephen Ian Whitelaw (1st Viscount Whitelaw of Penrith) born - Conservative politician
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1918
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Stanrigg Pit Disaster
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1919
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(William) Grant Stevenson died - Sculptor
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1919
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Alastair Hetherington born - Journalist and editor, who became Controller of BBC Scotland
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1919
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Andrew Carnegie died - Iron and steel magnate, 'robber baron' and great philanthropist
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1919
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Captain Eric 'Winkle ' Brown born - Aeronautical pioneer, who was the Royal Navy's most decorated pilot
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1919
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Charles (Chic) Murray born - Comedian and actor
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1919
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Dr. John Aitken died - Physicist and meteorologist
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1919
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German fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow
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1919
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Hamish Henderson born - Folk-song writer and poet
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1919
|
John Moffatt born - Wartime aviator
|
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1919
|
Lerwick Observatory (Shetland) Established
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1919
|
Palmerston Park (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
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1919
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Prof. Ian McIntyre born - Veterinary scientist and academic
|
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1919
|
Robert Henderson Blyth born - Landscape painter
|
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1919
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Saughton Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
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1919
|
Sir Hugh Thomas Munro died - Tabulator of Scotland's Munros
|
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1919
|
Sir Iain Mark Tennant born - Businessman
|
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1919
|
Sir Ludovic Kennedy born - Writer and broadcaster, born in Edinburgh the son of a naval officer
|
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1919
|
William Briggs died - Tar and asphalt manufacturer
|
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1919
|
William Cunningham died - Economic historian and clergyman
|
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1919
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William Sydney (Syd) Scroggie born - Inspirational hill-walker, author and worthy
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1919
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Iolaire Disaster
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c.1920
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Campbeltown Creamery (Argyll and Bute) Opened
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1920
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Aberdeen Railway Station (Aberdeen City) Built
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1920
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Andrew Black died - Singer
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1920
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Charles Smith born - Local historian
|
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1920
|
Craiglockhart Campus (City of Edinburgh) Established
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1920
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Derek Bond born - Actor
|
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1920
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Dorothy Maclean born - Co-founder, with Peter and Eileen Caddy, of the Findhorn Foundation
|
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1920
|
Edwin George Morgan born - Glasgow's Poet Laureate
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1920
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Erskine Beveridge died - Textile manufacturer and antiquarian, noted for his archaeological investigations in the Hebrides
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1920
|
Hazlehead Park (Aberdeen City) Created
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1920
|
Helen Crummy (Helen Prentice) born - Community activist and pioneer of the community art movement
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1920
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Irvine War Memorial (North Ayrshire) Erected
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1920
|
James Hardie died - Entrepreneur
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1920
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James Tait Black Memorial Prizes created
|
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1920
|
John George Bartholomew died - Cartographer
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1920
|
King's Buildings (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
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1920
|
Liberton Golf Club (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
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1920
|
Moredun Research Institute (Midlothian) Established
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1920
|
Neilly McCallum died - Footballer
|
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1920
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Prof. Ross Mitchell born - Pioneering paediatrician
|
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1920
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Raasay and Rona War Memorial (Highland) Erected
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1920
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Rev. Prof. Allan Galloway born - Theologian
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1920
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Sir Alexander Baird died - Colonial administrator
|
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1920
|
William (Willie) Johnson (Peerie Willie) born - Influential guitar accompanist, notable for his unique style and music
|
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1920
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William Delmé-Evans born - Distillery architect
|
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1921
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Alick Isaacs born - Virologist, who discovered interferon
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1921
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Andrew Watson died - Black footballer
|
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1921
|
Balmashanner Hill War Memorial (Angus) Erected
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1921
|
Borough Briggs (Moray) Opened
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1921
|
Deborah Kerr (Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer) born - Actress
|
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1921
|
Dreghorn Obelisk (North Ayrshire) Erected
|
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1921
|
Evelyn Cowan (Evelyn Cohen) born - Author
|
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1921
|
Frances MacDonald died - Artist and designer
|
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1921
|
George Mackay Brown born - Poet and novelist
|
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1921
|
George Ralston Wyllie born - Sculptor
|
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1921
|
Green Bing (West Lothian) Closed
|
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1921
|
Highland Mary's Monument (South Ayrshire) Erected
|
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1921
|
Joan Eardley born - Painter
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1921
|
John Boyd Dunlop died - Inventor, born into a farming family at Dreghorn (North Ayrshire)
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1921
|
John More Dick Peddie (John More Peddie) died - Architect
|
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1921
|
Lady Haig's Poppy Factory (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
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1921
|
Patrick (Paddy) Tunney born - Irish folk singer and writer
|
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1921
|
Rev. Alexander Whyte died - Free Church leader
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1921
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Sir Robert Rowand Anderson died - Architect
|
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1921
|
Stankards Bing (West Lothian) Closed
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1921
|
Walter Laing MacDonald Perry (Lord Perry of Walton) born - Academic, who became the first head of the Open University
|
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1921
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War Memorial Park (South Lanarkshire) Created
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1921
|
William Speirs Bruce died - Oceanographer and Polar Explorer
|
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1921
|
William Strang died - Artist
|
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1922
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(Walter) Archibald (Archie) Elliott (Lord Elliott) born - Jurist
|
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1922
|
Alexander Crum Brown died - Organic chemist
|
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1922
|
Alexander Graham Bell died - Inventor and entrepreneur
|
|
1922
|
Alistair MacLean born - Best-selling novelist
|
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1922
|
Anne Sutherland born - One of Britain's first female plastic surgeons
|
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1922
|
Antonella (Tony) Kerr (Marchioness of Lothian; Antonella Newland) born - Journalist and broadcaster, who founded the Woman of the Year lunches
|
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1922
|
Arran War Memorial Hospital (North Ayrshire) Built / Opened
|
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1922
|
Bernat Klein born - Fabric designer, famous for his mohair tweeds
|
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1922
|
Branklyn Garden (Perth and Kinross) Created
|
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1922
|
Brian Stewart born - Intelligence officer and civil servant
|
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1922
|
Caird Hall (Dundee City) Built
|
|
1922
|
Doris Davidson born - Novelist
|
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1922
|
Dr. Sir John Kirk died - Explorer and Reformer
|
|
1922
|
Edward Arthur Walton (E.A. Walton) died - Painter, who became one of the 'Glasgow Boys'
|
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1922
|
Fulton Mackay born - Actor
|
|
1922
|
Girvan War Memorial (South Ayrshire) Erected
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1922
|
Graham Crowden born - Stage and screen actor
|
|
1922
|
Grouse Railway (Inverclyde) Opened
|
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1922
|
Hackness Battery (Orkney) Closed
|
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1922
|
Iain Ellis Hamilton born - Composer and academic
|
|
1922
|
Inverness War Memorial (Highland) Erected
|
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1922
|
James Logie Robertson (Hugh Haliburton) died - Minor poet
|
|
1922
|
Jean Waddell born - Hostage
|
|
1922
|
John (Jock) Stein born - Footballer and football manager
|
|
1922
|
John Campbell Mitchell died - Artist
|
|
1922
|
Leamington Lift Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1922
|
Lothian Buses Headquarters and Central Depot (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1922
|
Osgood Mackenzie died - Garden architect
|
|
1922
|
Peter Francis Walter Kerr (12th Marquess of Lothian) born - Noble and statesman
|
|
1922
|
Peter MacGregor Chalmers died - Church architect
|
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1922
|
Prof. (John) Murdoch Mitchison born - Biologist
|
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1922
|
Robert Gordon McBeath died - Soldier who won the Victoria Cross
|
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1922
|
Robert McGregor died - Painter
|
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1922
|
Sir Ian McGregor born - Malariologist
|
|
1922
|
Sir John Harrison Burnett born - Energetic mycologist, university administrator and conservationist
|
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1922
|
Sir Lewis Robertson born - Industrialist and business troubleshooter
|
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1922
|
Sir Patrick Manson died - Medical scientist
|
|
1922
|
Sir Robert Boyd born - Space research pioneer
|
|
1922
|
The Carfin Grotto and Pilgrimage Centre (North Lanarkshire) Erected
|
|
1922
|
Thomas (Tom) Duncan born - Textbook author
|
|
1922
|
West Highland Museum (Highland) Opened
|
|
1922
|
William Cochran born - Physicist
|
|
1922
|
William Thomas Oldrieve (W.T. Oldrieve) died - Public architect responsible for post offices around Scotland
|
|
1922
|
Pit Disaster at East Plean
|
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1923
|
(John) Hamilton Gillespie died - Father of Sarasota
|
|
1923
|
Alexander Malcomson died - Businessman and co-founder of the Ford Motor Company
|
|
1923
|
Alexander Milne Calder died - Sculptor
|
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1923
|
Andrew Bonar Law died - Politician and British Prime Minister
|
|
1923
|
Arthur Kinnaird (11th Lord Kinnaird) died - Footballer, football administrator, banker and philanthropist
|
|
1923
|
Astley Ainslie Hospital (City of Edinburgh) Built / Opened
|
|
1923
|
Captain George Moodie died - First Captain of the Cutty Sark
|
|
1923
|
Charles Scott Meik died - Civil Engineer
|
|
1923
|
Dorothy Dunnett born - Writer of historical novels and portrait painter
|
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1923
|
Dr. John Gunion Rutherford died - Canadian veterinary officer and politician
|
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1923
|
Gordon Jackson born - Stage, screen and television actor
|
|
1923
|
Ivor Cutler born - Eccentric poet, musician, comedian and philosopher
|
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1923
|
Janet Brown born - Comedienne and impressionist
|
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1923
|
John A. R. Macphail born - Rugby internationalist and businessman
|
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1923
|
John Christopher Bartholomew born - Cartographer and map publisher
|
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1923
|
John Morgan Aitken died - Architect and building contractor
|
|
1923
|
Kirkcaldy War Memorial (Fife) Erected
|
|
1923
|
Leo Charles Lynton Blair (Charles Leonard Augustus Parsons) born - Lawyer and academic
|
|
1923
|
Norman Russell Wylie (Lord Wylie) born - Jurist and politician
|
|
1923
|
Robert (Bobby) Thomson (The Flying Scotsman) born - Baseball player who hit the 'shot heard round the world'
|
|
1923
|
Robert Alexander died - Painter
|
|
1923
|
Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (City of Edinburgh) Established
|
|
1923
|
Sir James Arnot Hamilton born - Aircraft designer
|
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1923
|
Sir James Dewar died - Inventor and pioneer of cryogenics
|
|
1923
|
Sir Samuel Chisholm died - Reforming politician and Lord Provost of Glasgow
|
|
1923
|
Snowdon Cemetery (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1923
|
Stonehaven War Memorial (Aberdeenshire) Erected
|
|
1923
|
Thomas Peck Hunter born - Recipient of the Victoria Cross
|
|
1923
|
W.I. Douglas Elliot born - Rugby player
|
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1923
|
Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott (9th Duke of Buccleuch; 11th Duke of Queensberry) born - Noble, politician and landowner
|
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1923
|
William (Bill) McLaren born - Rugby commentator
|
|
1923
|
William York MacGregor died - Artist
|
|
1923
|
Redding Mining Disaster
|
|
1924
|
(William Stanley) Stan Paterson born - Glaciologist
|
|
1924
|
Buxton Daeblitz Orr born - Versatile composer
|
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1924
|
Duncansby Head Lighthouse (Highland) Built
|
|
1924
|
George Lauder died - Steel-maker
|
|
1924
|
Gigha and Cara Parish Church (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1924
|
Gleneagles Hotel (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1924
|
Grangemouth Oil Refinery (Falkirk) Opened
|
|
1924
|
Isle of Bute Discovery Centre (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1924
|
James Salmon died - Architect
|
|
1924
|
John Abercromby (5th Lord Abercromby of Aboukir and Tullibody) died - Archaeologist and soldier
|
|
1924
|
John Grieve born - Actor
|
|
1924
|
Lerwick War Memorial (Shetland) Erected
|
|
1924
|
Lewis War Memorial (Western Isles) Erected
|
|
1924
|
Lower Glendevon Reservoir (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1924
|
Prestongrange (East Lothian) Opened
|
|
1924
|
Prof. Geoffrey John Fraser Dutton born - Scientist, poet and author
|
|
1924
|
Prof. Sir Archibald Geikie died - Geologist, specialising in volcanic geology and the microscopic examination of rocks
|
|
1924
|
Prof. Sir James Johnstone Dobbie died - Analytical chemist
|
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1924
|
Prof. Sir William MacEwen died - Surgical pioneer
|
|
1924
|
Rikki Fulton born - Comedian and actor
|
|
1924
|
Robert Kidston died - Influential palaeobotanist
|
|
1924
|
Ronald Orr died - Footballer
|
|
1924
|
Rosamunde Pilcher (Rosamunde Scott, Jane Fraser) born - Scotland's best-selling author of the late 20th C
|
|
1924
|
Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi born - Sculptor, described as one of the most influential British artists of the 20th Century
|
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1924
|
Sir George Thomas Beilby died - Industrial chemist
|
|
1924
|
Sir Peter Heatly born - Diver and former Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation
|
|
1924
|
William (Bill) Auld born - Leading Esperanto poet, author and translator
|
|
1924
|
William (Willie) Fernie died - Golfer
|
|
1924
|
William Robert Ogilvie-Grant died - Ornithologist
|
|
1925
|
Alexander Forbes-Leith (Baron Leith of Fyvie) died - Steel magnate
|
|
1925
|
Andrew Morrison born - Pioneering ear surgeon
|
|
1925
|
Brough of Birsay Lighthouse (Orkney) Built
|
|
1925
|
Cardinal Thomas Joseph Winning born - Leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland
|
|
1925
|
Cowdray Hall (Aberdeen City) Erected
|
|
1925
|
Dr. Alexander Ross died - A prolific architect, known as the Christopher Wren of the Highlands
|
|
1925
|
Dr. J. Dickson Mabon born - Politician
|
|
1925
|
Drumshoreland Bing (West Lothian) Closed
|
|
1925
|
Faucheldean Bing (West Lothian) Closed
|
|
1925
|
Gayfield Park (Angus) Opened
|
|
1925
|
George MacDonald Fraser born - Author and journalist
|
|
1925
|
Greendykes Bing (West Lothian) Closed
|
|
1925
|
Ian Begg born - Architect
|
|
1925
|
Ian Hamilton Finlay born - Poet, creative writer, conceptual artist and sculptor
|
|
1925
|
Ian Robertson Hamilton born - Nationalist and lawyer
|
|
1925
|
James (Sandy) McRory Smith born - Highland Hermit
|
|
1925
|
Jock Purdon born - Poet and folk singer
|
|
1925
|
John Adrian Shepherd-Barron born - Inventor of the first practical 'cash machine'
|
|
1925
|
John Sinclair (Lord Pentland) died - Politician and statesman
|
|
1925
|
Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery (Fife) Opened
|
|
1925
|
Margaret Sinclair (Sister Mary Francis of the Five Wounds) died - The 'Edinburgh Wonder Worker'
|
|
1925
|
Murrayfield Stadium (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1925
|
Russell Hunter (Russell Ellis) born - Stage and screen actor
|
|
1925
|
Sidney Michaelson born - Pioneering computer scientist
|
|
1925
|
Sir William Peck died - 'City Astronomer' and scientific instrument maker
|
|
1925
|
St Michael's Bridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1925
|
William (Bill) Abernethy born - Pearl fisherman
|
|
1925
|
William (Willie) Park (Junior) died - Golfing champion, businessman and noted golf course designer
|
|
1925
|
William Dyce Cay (W.D. Cay) died - Harbour engineer
|
|
1925
|
William Hesketh Lever (1st Viscount Leverhulme of the Western Isles) died - Industrialist and philanthropist
|
|
1925
|
William Younger died - Brewer
|
|
1926
|
Alastair Reid born - Poet, essayist and translator
|
|
1926
|
Barony Castle (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
1926
|
Bute Museum (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1926
|
David Ogilvy (13th Earl of Airlie) born - Noble, merchant banker, land-owner, reforming Lord Chamberlain and loyal servant to Queen Elizabeth II
|
|
1926
|
Edmund Pullar died - Industrialist
|
|
1926
|
Edwin John Alexander died - Watercolourist
|
|
1926
|
George Wittet died - Architect, noted for his work in India
|
|
1926
|
Glen Michael born - Entertainer and media personality
|
|
1926
|
Glenfarg Reservoir (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1926
|
Gudrun Ure (Ann Gudrun) born - Actress
|
|
1926
|
James Stevenson (Baron Stevenson of Holmbury) died - Businessman and civil servant
|
|
1926
|
Johnnie Beattie born - Actor, entertainer and comedian
|
|
1926
|
Kirkcudbright Bridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1926
|
Kitchener Memorial (Orkney) Erected
|
|
1926
|
Laurence Pullar died - Industrialist
|
|
1926
|
Moira Shearer (Lady Kennedy; Moira Shearer King) born - Ballerina, actress and authoress
|
|
1926
|
Patrick (Pat) Lally born - Controversial Lord Provost of Glasgow
|
|
1926
|
Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor) born - Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Head of the British Commonwealth
|
|
1926
|
Robert Finnie McEwen died - Advocate, land-owner and patron of the arts
|
|
1926
|
Sir Alexander Gibson born - Conductor
|
|
1926
|
Sir Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour of Liberton and Craigmillar (Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar) born - Policitian and author
|
|
1926
|
St Matthew's Roman Catholic Church (Midlothian) Built
|
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1926
|
Stanley Baxter born - Comedian, impressionist and actor
|
|
1926
|
The Russell Institute (Renfrewshire) Built
|
|
1926
|
William Guthrie Spence died - Trade union leader
|
|
1927
|
Archibald Macpherson died - Architect
|
|
1927
|
Arthur MacManus died - Trade unionist and communist leader
|
|
1927
|
Bruce Millan born - Politician
|
|
1927
|
Day Hort MacDowall died - Canadian politician
|
|
1927
|
Dr. (Alexander) Leslie Florence born - Observant general practitioner
|
|
1927
|
Edinburgh Zoo (City of Edinburgh) Created
|
|
1927
|
Emma Grace Marryat (Emma Grace Caird) died - Philanthropist
|
|
1927
|
Gleddoch House Hotel (Renfrewshire) Built
|
|
1927
|
Gordon Henderson Naismith Campbell born - Political journalist
|
|
1927
|
James (Peter Hymers) Mackay (Lord Mackay of Clashfern) born - Lord Chancellor
|
|
1927
|
James Scott Skinner died - Fiddler and prolific composer of fiddle music, born in Banchory, Aberdeenshire
|
|
1927
|
James Thomson died - Visionary architect and engineer
|
|
1927
|
Kelvin Hall (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1927
|
Kenneth McKellar born - Singer
|
|
1927
|
Lanark Hydro-Electric Scheme (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1927
|
Norman Leslie (19th Earl of Rothes) died - Noble and soldier
|
|
1927
|
Patrick (Paddy) Connolly Meehan born - Bank robber and safe-cracker
|
|
1927
|
Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel born - Notorious murderer
|
|
1927
|
Prof. (Henry) Harvey Littlejohn died - Forensic scientist
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1927
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Robert Shaw born - Actor and novelist
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1927
|
Ronald (Ronnie) Chisholm born - Cricketer
|
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1927
|
Ronald David Laing (R. D. Laing) born - Psychiatrist
|
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1927
|
Sir Arnold Clark born - Entrepreneurial car dealer and philanthropist
|
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1927
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Sir Thomas Duncan Rhind died - Architect, volunteer soldier and civil servant
|
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1927
|
St Peter's RC Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1927
|
The David Livingstone Centre (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
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1927
|
Thomas (Tom) Fleming born - Commentator, actor and theatre director
|
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1927
|
University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel (Glasgow City) Built
|
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1928
|
Andrew Fisher died - Politician and Australian Prime Minister
|
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1928
|
Archibald (Archie) Hind born - Author and play-wright
|
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1928
|
Calum Kennedy born - Popular folk singer
|
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1928
|
Carraig Mhor Lighthouse (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
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1928
|
Charles Rennie Mackintosh died - Architect and designer
|
|
1928
|
Corstorphine Hill Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1928
|
David Michie born - Artist
|
|
1928
|
Field Marshal Douglas Haig (Earl Haig of Bemersyde) died - Military commander
|
|
1928
|
Geoffrey (Geoff) Copcutt born - Architect
|
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1928
|
George V Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1928
|
Henry (Harry) Snell Gamley (H.S. Gamley) died - Sculptor
|
|
1928
|
Iain Crichton Smith (Iain MacGhobhainn) born - Poet, novelist and teacher
|
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1928
|
Ian Bannen born - Actor
|
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1928
|
James (Jimmy) Logan (James Short) born - Entertainer and actor
|
|
1928
|
James Peebles Ewing Kennaway born - Novelist and scriptwriter
|
|
1928
|
King's Park Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
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1928
|
Kirkcaldy Central Library (Fife) Built
|
|
1928
|
Madeleine Smith died - Poisoner, who gave rise to a celebrated legal case
|
|
1928
|
Montfield Hospital (Shetland) Built / Opened
|
|
1928
|
Prof. Andrew (Andy) MacMillan born - Architect
|
|
1928
|
Richard Burdon Sanderson Haldane (Viscount Haldane of Cloan) died - Politician, lawyer and philosopher who reformed the British Army
|
|
1928
|
Robert (Bob) McGregor McIntyre born - Motorcycle racer, renowned for his daring and bravery, which earned him the soubriquet The Flying Scotsman
|
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1928
|
Ronald Stevenson born - Composer, pianist and musicologist
|
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1928
|
Sir Angus Ogilvy born - Noble and businessman
|
|
1928
|
Sir David Yule died - Commercial baron
|
|
1928
|
Stirling Community Hospital (Stirling) Built
|
|
1928
|
Thea Musgrave born - Composer
|
|
1928
|
Thomas (Tommy) Docherty born - Football player and manager
|
|
1928
|
William (Willie) Fernie born - Footballer
|
|
1928
|
Younger Botanic Garden (Argyll and Bute) Created
|
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1929
|
(James) Macintyre Henry (J. Macintyre Henry) died - Architect
|
|
1929
|
Archibald Philip Primrose (5th Earl of Rosebery) died - Politician and British Prime Minister
|
|
1929
|
Beach Ballroom (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
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1929
|
Cecil Philip Taylor (C.P. Taylor) born - Playwright
|
|
1929
|
David Dunbar Buick died - Inventor and engineer
|
|
1929
|
Derek Holt born - Leisure entrepreneur
|
|
1929
|
George Younger (1st Viscount Younger of Leckie) died - Politician and brewer
|
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1929
|
Harry Benson born - Photo-journalist
|
|
1929
|
Jeremy Bruce-Watt born - Journalist and author
|
|
1929
|
John Alexander Dewar (Lord Forteviot) died - Whisky Baron
|
|
1929
|
Lady Christian Mary Hesketh (Christian Mary McEwen) born - Author, public servant and hostess
|
|
1929
|
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929
|
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1929
|
Lochaber Aluminium Smelter (Highland) Opened
|
|
1929
|
Lochaber Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Highland) Opened
|
|
1929
|
Louise Carnegie Gates (Fife) Erected
|
|
1929
|
Magnus Magnusson born - Writer, broadcaster and founding question-master of BBC television's 'Mastermind' quiz programme
|
|
1929
|
Prof. Peter Higgs born - Nobel prize-winning theoretical physicist, known for the Higgs boson
|
|
1929
|
Sir (William) Kerr Fraser born - Civil servant and academic administrator
|
|
1929
|
Sir Alexander Ogston died - Surgeon and bacteriologist
|
|
1929
|
Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer died - An architect noted for his restoration of castles, and his promotion Arts and Crafts style in Scotland
|
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1929
|
The Playhouse Theatre (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1929
|
Treig, Loch (Highland) Opened
|
|
1929
|
Warriston Crematorium (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1929
|
William Gibb died - Artist
|
|
1929
|
Williamwood Railway Station (East Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1929
|
Winnie Ewing born - Nationalist politician
|
|
1929
|
Younger Hall (Fife) Built
|
|
1930
|
(Arthur George) Sydney Mitchell died - Prodigious architect
|
|
1930
|
Alan Alexander Campbell-Swinton died - Engineer
|
|
1930
|
Alasdair Milne born - Television executive, who became a controversial Director-General of the BBC
|
|
1930
|
Angus Lennie born - Actor
|
|
1930
|
Annie Ross born - Jazz singer and actress
|
|
1930
|
Arthur James Balfour (1st Earl Balfour of Whittingehame) died - Politician
|
|
1930
|
Augustine Henry died - Plant collector
|
|
1930
|
Baddinsgill Reservoir (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
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1930
|
Braidwood Bridge (Midlothian) Opened
|
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1930
|
Camera Obscura (Angus) Opened
|
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1930
|
Camps Reservoir (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
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1930
|
Daniel (Dane) Sinclair died - Inventor
|
|
1930
|
Dr. Adam Watson born - Ecologist, mountaineer, environmental campaigner and authority on the Cairngorm Mountains
|
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1930
|
Dr. Hamish MacInnes born - Mountaineer, rescuer and author
|
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1930
|
Dr. Henry Faulds died - Pioneer of finger-print identification
|
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1930
|
Dr. June Almeida (June Hart) born - Virologist
|
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1930
|
Frances Walker born - Painter
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1930
|
Frederick W. P. Wyndham died - Theatre impresario and actor
|
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1930
|
George Goudie Chisholm died - Influential Geographer
|
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1930
|
Iain Cuthbertson born - Actor
|
|
1930
|
Innes Ireland born - Motor-racing champion
|
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1930
|
James Bryson died - Engineer and inventor
|
|
1930
|
John Cochrane born - Concorde test pilot
|
|
1930
|
John Houston born - Painter
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1930
|
John Wheatley died - Socialist politician and leading 'Red Clydesider'
|
|
1930
|
Kilgraston School (Perth and Kinross) Established
|
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1930
|
Launceston Elliot died - Claimed as Scotland's first Olympic medal winner, although Elliot never lived in Scotland
|
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1930
|
Lorna Moon (Helen Low) died - Authoress and Holywood screen-writer
|
|
1930
|
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser died - Collector, arranger and singer of Hebridean songs
|
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1930
|
Marr College (South Ayrshire) Built
|
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1930
|
Neil Munro (Hugh Foulis) died - Novelist and Journalist
|
|
1930
|
Pilmuir Quarry (East Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1930
|
Princess Margaret Rose Windsor (Countess of Snowdon) born - Unconventional royal and socialite
|
|
1930
|
Prof. Sir Robert Shields born - Surgeon and academic administrator
|
|
1930
|
Richard Demarco born - Artist and influential arts impresario
|
|
1930
|
Robert Fyfe born - Actor
|
|
1930
|
Ronald (Ronnie) Balfour Corbett born - Comedian, noted particularly for his television double-act with Ronnie Barker in The Two Ronnies
|
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1930
|
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died - Author, spiritualist and creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes
|
|
1930
|
Sir George Watt died - Botanist
|
|
1930
|
Sir James Guthrie died - Painter
|
|
1930
|
Sir Sean Connery born - Actor
|
|
1930
|
Sir Thomas (Tommy) Dewar (Lord Dewar) died - Whisky Baron
|
|
1930
|
The Mercat Cross (Glasgow City) Erected
|
|
1930
|
Una McLean born - Actress and comedienne
|
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1930
|
William Crozier died - Painter
|
|
1930
|
William Crozier (William John Crozier) born - Artist and lecturer
|
|
1931
|
(George) Leslie Hunter (G.L. Hunter) died - Painter and landscapes and still-life
|
|
1931
|
(Walter) Ronald (Ronnie) Alexander born - Businessman and enthusiastic golfer
|
|
1931
|
Anthony James (Lonnie) Donegan born - Musician, known as the "King of Skiffle"
|
|
1931
|
Archibald Barr died - Engineer
|
|
1931
|
Arthur Thompson born - The Glasgow Godfather
|
|
1931
|
Bowhill Colliery Disaster
|
|
1931
|
Camperdown Refinery (Dundee City) Opened
|
|
1931
|
City Square (Dundee City) Constructed
|
|
1931
|
Croftfoot Railway Station (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1931
|
Dame Elizabeth Blackadder born - Painter
|
|
1931
|
Ericht, Loch (Highland) Opened
|
|
1931
|
Frank Bruce born - Sculptor
|
|
1931
|
George Kenneth Hotson Younger (4th Viscount Younger of Leckie) born - Politician and banker
|
|
1931
|
Harold (Harry) Ewing (Lord Ewing of Kirkford) born - Policitian and champion of Scottish devolution
|
|
1931
|
Harris Academy (Dundee City) Built
|
|
1931
|
James Loughran born - Conductor
|
|
1931
|
James Watt born - Artist
|
|
1931
|
John (Jack) Barron Webster born - Journalist and author
|
|
1931
|
John Thomson died - Football player
|
|
1931
|
King George V Dock (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1931
|
Lady Francis Balfour died - Suffragette and biographer
|
|
1931
|
Loch Ossian Youth Hostel (Highland) Built
|
|
1931
|
MacAdam's Stone (East Ayrshire) Erected
|
|
1931
|
Mail Coach Monument (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
|
|
1931
|
Moy, Loch (Highland) Opened
|
|
1931
|
Prof. Hugh Simpson born - Pathologist, explorer and mountaineer
|
|
1931
|
Prof. Robin Hochstrasser born - Scientist
|
|
1931
|
Prof. Sir Byrom Bramwell died - Physician and medical scientist
|
|
1931
|
Sir James Balfour Paul died - Lord Lyon King of Arms
|
|
1931
|
Sir Thomas Lipton died - Grocer and entrepreneur
|
|
1931
|
Sir William Purves born - Banker
|
|
1931
|
Tarlair Swimming Pool (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
1931
|
National Trust for Scotland Founded
|
|
1932
|
Addiewell Bing (West Lothian) Closed
|
|
1932
|
Andrew McIlwraith died - Shipowner and frozen-meat trade pioneer
|
|
1932
|
Bridgend Bing (West Lothian) Closed
|
|
1932
|
Burns' Mother's Well (East Lothian) Opened
|
|
1932
|
Canon Kenyon Wright born - Episcopalian clergyman and political campaigner
|
|
1932
|
Donald (Donny) B. MacLeod born - Broadcaster
|
|
1932
|
Dr. Thomas (Tom) Patey born - Mountaineer
|
|
1932
|
Edinburgh Synagogue (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1932
|
Finnieston Crane (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1932
|
George Forrest died - Botanist
|
|
1932
|
George Meikle Kemp Memorial (Scottish Borders) Erected
|
|
1932
|
Glen Bridge (Fife) Opened
|
|
1932
|
Henry Edward Clifford (H.E. Clifford) died - Architect
|
|
1932
|
James (Jimmy) Reid born - Politician, author and infamous trade union leader
|
|
1932
|
James Kelly died - Successful early footballer, who gave rise to a dynasty that shaped Celtic Football Club for more than 100 years
|
|
1932
|
James Paterson died - Artist
|
|
1932
|
Joan Lingard born - Novelist
|
|
1932
|
Joseph (Joe) Beltrami born - Defence lawyer
|
|
1932
|
Kenneth Grahame died - Author, born in Edinburgh
|
|
1932
|
Kenneth Mackenzie Clark died - Thread manufacturer
|
|
1932
|
Laggan Swing Bridge (Highland) Opened
|
|
1932
|
Loch Treig Tunnel (Highland) Opened
|
|
1932
|
Oakbank Bing (West Lothian) Closed
|
|
1932
|
Philpstoun Bing (West Lothian) Closed
|
|
1932
|
Prof. John Glaister died - Forensic scientist
|
|
1932
|
Robert Gibb died - Painter, best known for his military art
|
|
1932
|
Rory McEwen born - Botanical artist and folk singer
|
|
1932
|
Seafield Law (West Lothian) Closed
|
|
1932
|
Sir David Russell Johnston (Lord Russell-Johnston of Minginish) born - Politician
|
|
1932
|
Sir Dugald Clerk died - Engineer and inventor
|
|
1932
|
Sir Everard im Thurn died - Colonial administrator, anthropologist and explorer
|
|
1932
|
Sir Jeremy Isaacs born - Television producer, broadcaster and arts impresario
|
|
1932
|
Sir Patrick Geddes died - Regarded as the father of town planning
|
|
1932
|
Sir Robert Calderwood born - Local government administrator
|
|
1932
|
St Columba's Cathedral (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1932
|
The Leith Theatre and Public Library (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1932
|
The Museum of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1932
|
Thomas (Tam) Dalyell (Sir Tam Dalyell of the Binns) born - Politician
|
|
1932
|
Westerglen Transmitting Station (Falkirk) Opened
|
|
1932
|
William Gillies (Liam Mac Gille Iosa) died - Nationalist
|
|
1932
|
Cardowan Colliery Disaster
|
|
1933
|
(James) Stuart Park died - Artist
|
|
1933
|
(William) Birnie Rhind died - Sculptor
|
|
1933
|
Andrew (Andy) Stewart born - Comedian and Singer
|
|
1933
|
Archibald (Archie) Jackson died - Cricketer, whose promising career was curtailed by his early death
|
|
1933
|
Archibald Cameron Corbett (Lord Rowallan) died - Politician, businessman and philanthropist
|
|
1933
|
Balgreen Road Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1933
|
David Bain died - Railway carriage designer
|
|
1933
|
David Keith McCallum born - Actor
|
|
1933
|
David Sutherland born - Cartoon artist
|
|
1933
|
Dr. (Alexander) Marshall Mackenzie died - Architect
|
|
1933
|
Edward Atkinson Hornel died - Artist, noted for his paintings of rural scenes
|
|
1933
|
Helen Orr 'Elenor ' Gordon (Helen Orr Gordon-McKay) born - Olympic swimming champion
|
|
1933
|
Hopes Reservoir (East Lothian) Opened
|
|
1933
|
John Crichton-Stuart (6th Marquess of Bute) born - Conservationist
|
|
1933
|
John Mackenzie died - Mountain guide and professional climber
|
|
1933
|
King's Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1933
|
Lael Forest Garden (Highland) Created
|
|
1933
|
Mary Ure born - Actress
|
|
1933
|
Most Rev. Richard Holloway born - Bishop of Edinburgh, author and social commentator
|
|
1933
|
Playhouse Cinema (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1933
|
Prestwick Airport (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1933
|
Prof. David Bellamy born - Broadcaster, conservationist and environmental campaigner
|
|
1933
|
Prof. T. Christopher Smout born - Historiographer Royal in Scotland
|
|
1933
|
Robert Fleming died - Investment banker
|
|
1933
|
Sir Alexander (Alex) Trotman (Lord Trotman of Osmotherley) born - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motor Company
|
|
1933
|
Sir Nicholas Fairbairn born - Flamboyant politician
|
|
1933
|
Sir Rosslyn Wemyss (Baron Wester Wemyss) died - Noble and naval officer
|
|
1933
|
Southern Motors Garage (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1933
|
The Byre Theatre (Fife) Opened
|
|
1933
|
Thomas (Tom) Brown born - Engineer, who helped develop the first medical ultrasound scanner
|
|
1933
|
Tummel Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Highland) Opened
|
|
1933
|
Wick Airport (Highland) Opened
|
|
1934
|
Aberdeen Airport (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1934
|
Aileen Paterson born - Author and illustrator
|
|
1934
|
Alasdair Gray born - Author, artist and nationalist
|
|
1934
|
Andrew (Andra) Kirkaldy died - Golfer
|
|
1934
|
Annette Crosbie born - Stage, television and screen actress
|
|
1934
|
Archbishop Mario Joseph Conti born - Archbishop of Glasgow, noted for his conservative views and firm fiscal control of his archdiocese
|
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1934
|
Brian Miller born - Artist and playwright
|
|
1934
|
Charles (Chuck) Robert Gardiner died - Ice hockey star, known as the .Wandering Scotsman
|
|
1934
|
Dunfermline Fire Station (Old) (Fife) Opened
|
|
1934
|
George Slight died - Lighthouse engineer
|
|
1934
|
Glenkiln Reservoir (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1934
|
Gordonstoun School (Moray) Established
|
|
1934
|
Henry Moubray Cadell died - Scientist and industrialist
|
|
1934
|
Hillington East Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1934
|
Hugh McIlvanney born - Sports journalist and broadcaster
|
|
1934
|
Ian William Richardson born - Stage, screen and television actor
|
|
1934
|
Jimmy Mack (James McRitchie) born - Broadcaster
|
|
1934
|
John Campbell Hamilton Gordon (1st Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair) died - Governor-General of Canada and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
|
|
1934
|
John Dunn born - Radio presenter
|
|
1934
|
John Joy Bell (J.J. Bell) died - Author
|
|
1934
|
Lothian Buses Headquarters and Central Depot (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1934
|
McLaren Hall (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1934
|
Mosspark Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1934
|
Perth Airport (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1934
|
Peter Cox born - Horticulturist and plant-hunter
|
|
1934
|
Ray Michie (Baroness Michie of Gallanach) born - Politician and promoter of the Gaelic language
|
|
1934
|
Robert Laws died - Missionary
|
|
1934
|
Sir Charles McLaren (Lord Aberconway) died - Lawyer, politician and businessman
|
|
1934
|
Sir Donald MacAlister (1st Baronet of Tarbert) died - Academic
|
|
1934
|
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies born - Composer and conductor
|
|
1934
|
Sir Robert McAlpine died - Entrepreneur, known as "Concrete Bob"
|
|
1934
|
Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro-Ferguson (Viscount Novar of Raith) died - Governor-General of Australia
|
|
1934
|
Sir Thomas Muir died - Mathematician
|
|
1934
|
Stonehaven Open Air Pool (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
1934
|
William (Bill) Law born - Diver, coach and sports adminstrator
|
|
1934
|
Queen Mary Liner Launched
|
|
c.1935
|
Scord Quarry (Shetland) Opened
|
|
c.1935
|
Southerness Lighthouse (Dumfries and Galloway) Closed
|
|
1935
|
Afton Reservoir (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1935
|
Alan Eaglesham died - Communist
|
|
1935
|
Alexander Dundas McEwen (Eck McEwen) born - Folk singer
|
|
1935
|
Andrew (Andy) Robin born - Wrestler, outdoorsman and owner of Hercules the Bear
|
|
1935
|
Archibald Thorburn died - Artist, who became known as Britain's best ornithological illustrator
|
|
1935
|
Argyll Forest Park (Argyll and Bute) Created
|
|
1935
|
Cambuskenneth Bridge (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1935
|
Clatteringshaws Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1935
|
Clock Tower (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
|
|
1935
|
Dinnet Bridge (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
1935
|
Donald Alexander Matheson died - Engineer and railwayman
|
|
1935
|
Douglas Henderson born - Nationalist politician
|
|
1935
|
Frederick (Freddy) Johnston born - Newspaper proprietor
|
|
1935
|
Galloway Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (East Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1935
|
George Burrell Ramsay died - Football manager, described as the Founder of Aston Villa football club
|
|
1935
|
Islay Airport (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1935
|
Ivan Prior born - Sports personality
|
|
1935
|
James Allan Bell died - Railway engineer
|
|
1935
|
John MacLeod of MacLeod (29th Chief of Clan MacLeod) born - Chief of Clan MacLeod
|
|
1935
|
John Ross Menzies died - Newsagent and wholesale publisher
|
|
1935
|
Kendoon Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1935
|
Kerr's Miniature Railway (Angus) Opened
|
|
1935
|
Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell) died - Journalist turned author, best known for his trilogy "Sunset Song", "Cloud Howe" and "Grey Granite"
|
|
1935
|
Mark McManus born - Actor
|
|
1935
|
Marr College (South Ayrshire) Established
|
|
1935
|
Maybury Casino (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1935
|
Neil Munro Monument (Argyll and Bute) Erected
|
|
1935
|
Petershill Park (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1935
|
Prof. Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer died - Physiologist
|
|
1935
|
Prof. Sir James Alfred Ewing died - Engineer, physicist and educator
|
|
1935
|
Prof. Sir William D. P. Stewart born - Scientist, who served as Government Chief Scientific Adviser (1990-95)
|
|
1935
|
Richard (Dick) McTaggart born - Boxer
|
|
1935
|
Robin Hunter Neillands born - Author, traveller and military historian
|
|
1935
|
Samuel John Peploe (S.J. Peploe) died - Impressionist painter, particularly noted for his still-life works
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1935
|
Scottish Borders Council Offices (Peebles) (Scottish Borders) Built
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1935
|
Sir David Clive Wilson (Lord Wilson of Tillyorn) born - Diplomat and captain of industry
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1935
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The Mills Observatory (Dundee City) Opened
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1935
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Tommy Lorne (Hugh Gallagher Corcoran) died - Music hall comedian
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1935
|
Tongland Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
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1935
|
Tongland Power Station (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
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1935
|
William Douglas Cullen (Lord Cullen of Whitekirk) born - Born in Edinburgh, Cullen was educated in Dunoon and at the High School of Dundee, having moved to the city in 1946, where his father became a governor of the Dundee Institute of Art and Technology
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1936
|
Oor Wullie born - An almost legendary cartoon character appearing weekly in the almost as legendary "Sunday Post" newspaper, published by Dundee company of D.C
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1936
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(John) Massey Rhind died - Sculptor
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1936
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Alexander Mackay died - Entrepreneur
|
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1936
|
Burghead Transmitting Station (Moray) Opened
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1936
|
Campbell Park (City of Edinburgh) Created
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1936
|
Charles Anderson born - Sculptor, mural designer and painter
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1936
|
Cockle Strand Airport (Western Isles) Opened
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1936
|
David Gauld died - Artist
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1936
|
Dundee Crematorium (Dundee City) Opened
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1936
|
Frances Shand Kydd (Frances Roche, Viscountess Althorp) born - Nobility
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1936
|
Fugla Ness Lighthouse (Shetland) Built
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1936
|
Garrowhill Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
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1936
|
James (Jim) Clark born - Motor racing driver
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1936
|
James (Jim) McColl born - Horticulturist and broadcaster
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1936
|
James (Jimmy) Airlie born - Trade Unionist and 'Red Clydesider'
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1936
|
James Alexander Gordon born - Veteran broadcaster
|
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1936
|
John Henry Lorimer died - Painter
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1936
|
John Scott Haldane died - Respiratory physiologist
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1936
|
Kenneth White born - Poet
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1936
|
Kilchattan Church (Argyll and Bute) Built
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1936
|
Kincardine Bridge (Falkirk) Opened
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1936
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Kirstin Linklater born - Voice coach
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1936
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Laggan, Loch (Highland) Opened
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1936
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Lennox Castle (East Dunbartonshire) Built / Opened
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1936
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Lothian House (City of Edinburgh) Opened
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1936
|
MOD West Freugh (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
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1936
|
Phoebe Anna Traquair (Phoebe Moss) died - Artist
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1936
|
Prof. George Forbes died - Physicist, astronomer and traveller
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1936
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Richard Wilson born - Stage, television and screen actor
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1936
|
Robert Gemmell Hutchison died - Genre painter
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1936
|
Roy Williamson born - Folk musician
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1936
|
Sir Alexander Stevenson died - Edinburgh politician
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1936
|
Sir Hugh Fraser born - Businessman
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1936
|
Sir James Alexander Mirrlees born - Economist
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1936
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Sir William Beardmore (Baron Invernairn) died - Engineer and shipbuilder
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1936
|
Sumburgh Airport (Shetland) Opened
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1936
|
The White House (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1936
|
William Angus McIlvanney born - Novelist and poet
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1937
|
(Dugald) Euan Baird born - Businessman
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1937
|
(James) Ramsay MacDonald died - Politician and British Prime Minister
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1937
|
(Jessie) Chrystal Macmillan died - Feminist and pacifist
|
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1937
|
Alexander Petrie (The Clincher) died - A noted Glaswegian eccentric, The Clincher adopted his name because he knew he would always clinch (win) an argument
|
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1937
|
Andrew James (Jimmie) Guthrie died - Motorcycle racer
|
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1937
|
Archibald (Archie) MacPherson born - Sports commentator
|
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1937
|
Barrie's Birthplace (Angus) Opened
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1937
|
Broughton Place (Scottish Borders) Built
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1937
|
Campbell Christie born - Trade unionist
|
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1937
|
Coronation Park (Inverclyde) Created
|
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1937
|
Craigentinny House (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
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1937
|
Cunninghame Graham Memorial Park (West Dunbartonshire) Created
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1937
|
Donald Dewar born - Politician and the first Premier of the modern Scottish Parliament
|
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1937
|
Dorothy Paul born - Comedienne, raconteur and singer
|
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1937
|
Dunsinane Industrial Estate (Dundee City) Opened
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1937
|
Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane died - Authoress and reformer
|
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1937
|
Ernest Auldjo Jamieson died - Architect
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1937
|
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (F.C.B. Cadell) died - Painter
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1937
|
George Devlin born - Artist
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1937
|
Gwyneth Guthrie born - Actress
|
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1937
|
Hall of Remembrance (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
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1937
|
High Court of Justiciary (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
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1937
|
Jackson's Garage (Aberdeen City) Built
|
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1937
|
James (Jim) McLean born - Football Manager
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1937
|
James (Jim) Sillars born - Politician
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1937
|
James Goodfellow born - Inventor of the modern form of the 'cash machine'
|
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1937
|
John de Chastelain born - Canadian general and peace negotiator
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1937
|
Joyce Laing born - Pioneering art therapist and artist
|
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1937
|
Lemon Tree (Aberdeen City) Built
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1937
|
Maitland Mackie born - Farmer and ice-cream producer
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1937
|
Mary Marquis born - News presenter
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1937
|
Ronald (Ron) Yeats born - Footballer
|
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1937
|
Sir Alexander Grant (Sir Alexander Grant of Forres) died - Biscuit manufacturer, who is said to have invented the digestive biscuit in 1892
|
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1937
|
Sir Angus Grossart born - Merchant banker
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1937
|
Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji died - Indian businessman and philanthropist
|
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1937
|
Sir James Matthew Barrie (J.M. Barrie) died - Author and playwright
|
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1937
|
Castlecary Disaster
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1938
|
(Robert) Gordon Wilson born - Politician, who became Leader of the Scottish National Party
|
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1938
|
Alan Wylie born - Artist
|
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1938
|
Alexander MacRae died - Sportswear entrepreneur
|
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1938
|
Bellahouston Leisure Centre (Glasgow City) Built
|
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1938
|
Birkelunn (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
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1938
|
Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien born - Cardinal
|
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1938
|
Castle Douglas Art Gallery (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
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1938
|
David Alan Stevenson (David A. Stevenson) died - Lighthouse engineer
|
|
1938
|
Dominion Cinema (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1938
|
Dr. (James) Pittendrigh MacGillivray died - Sculptor and poet
|
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1938
|
Drone Hill (Scottish Borders) Opened
|
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1938
|
Easterbrook Hall (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
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1938
|
Empire Exhibition
|
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1938
|
Fife Ice Arena (Fife) Opened
|
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1938
|
Figgate Park (City of Edinburgh) Created
|
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1938
|
Friars' Carse Hotel (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
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1938
|
Fruitmarket Gallery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
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1938
|
Hermitage of Braid (City of Edinburgh) Created
|
|
1938
|
Iain Stewart MacMillan born - Pop photographer
|
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1938
|
Ian Brady (Ian Duncan Stewart) born - 'Moors Murderer'
|
|
1938
|
Ian McCaskill (John Robertson McCaskill) born - Meteorologist and broadcaster
|
|
1938
|
Ian St. John (The Saint) born - Footballer, football manager and broadcaster, known as The Saint
|
|
1938
|
John Jackson Mackay (Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish) born - Politician
|
|
1938
|
John Smith born - Member of Parliament and Leader of the British Labour Party
|
|
1938
|
Moira Anderson born - Singer
|
|
1938
|
Muirtown Swing Bridge (Highland) Opened
|
|
1938
|
Nicol Williamson born - Stage and screen actor
|
|
1938
|
Northern Hotel (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1938
|
Prof. Alexander MacPhail died - Anatomist
|
|
1938
|
RM Condor (Angus) Opened
|
|
1938
|
Redmoss Transmitting Station (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1938
|
Robert (Bertie) Auld born - Footballer and football manager
|
|
1938
|
Rothesay Pavilion (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1938
|
Sir (David) Bruce Pattullo born - Banker
|
|
1938
|
Sir David Steel (Lord Steel of Aikwood) born - Politician, author and speaker of the Scottish Parliament
|
|
1938
|
Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston died - Academic, diplomat and tutor to the last Emperor of China
|
|
1938
|
St Peter in Chains Church (North Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1938
|
St. Conval's Cemetery (East Renfrewshire) Opened
|
|
1938
|
Sydney Houghton Miller died - Architect
|
|
1938
|
The Luma Tower (Glasgow City) Built
|
|
1938
|
Tomnahurich Swing Bridge (Highland) Opened
|
|
1938
|
William (Willie) Wood born - International bowls player
|
|
1938
|
Winterhope Reservoir (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1938
|
Bank Colliery Disaster
|
|
1938
|
Queen Elizabeth Liner Launched
|
|
1938
|
World Distance Record for Seaplanes
|
|
1939
|
(Alexander) Iain Calder born - Journalist
|
|
1939
|
Alfred Harker died - Geologist
|
|
1939
|
Andrew Reid died - Industrialist
|
|
1939
|
Barassie Railway Station (South Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1939
|
Battleship Royal Oak sunk in Scapa Flow
|
|
1939
|
Carron Valley Reservoir (Falkirk) Opened
|
|
1939
|
Charles Jencks born - Architect, architectural historian and author
|
|
1939
|
Cultybraggan (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1939
|
DM Eastriggs (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1939
|
Donald (Don) Allan Cameron born - Balloon designer, entrepreneur and adventurer
|
|
1939
|
Donald MacCormick born - Political journalist
|
|
1939
|
Edingham Industrial Estate (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1939
|
Gribloch (Stirling) Built
|
|
1939
|
John Angus Macsween born - Entrepreneurial haggis-maker
|
|
1939
|
John Bell Cameron born - Farmer and businessman
|
|
1939
|
Kettleton Reservoir (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1939
|
King's Pavilion (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1939
|
Kinloss Barracks (Moray) Opened
|
|
1939
|
Lilian (Lil) Neilson born - Artist
|
|
1939
|
Lindsay Kemp born - Dancer, mime artist, choreographer and artistic director
|
|
1939
|
Mairi Hedderwick (Mairi Crawford Lindsay) born - Author and illustrator
|
|
1939
|
Our Lady Star of the Sea (Fife) Built
|
|
1939
|
RAF Lossiemouth (Moray) Opened
|
|
1939
|
Radio City (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1939
|
Seafield Cemetery and Crematorium (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1939
|
Sir George Bullough died - Wealthy industrialist
|
|
1939
|
Sir George Washington Browne died - Architect
|
|
1939
|
Sir John (Jackie) Young Stewart born - Racing car driver
|
|
1939
|
Sir Robert Philip died - Medical scientist who pioneered the management of tuberculosis
|
|
1939
|
St Andrew's House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1939
|
St Machar Academy (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1939
|
Stanley (Stan) Wood born - Fossil collector
|
|
1939
|
Stracathro Hospital (Angus) Built / Opened
|
|
1939
|
The Glasgow Film Theatre (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1939
|
Tullos Primary School (Aberdeen City) Built
|
|
1939
|
William Gordon Burn Murdoch died - Artist and explorer
|
|
1939
|
First Air Raid of World War II
|
|
1939
|
Valleyfield Pit Disaster
|
|
c.1940
|
Scotland's Secret Bunker (Fife) Opened
|
|
1940
|
(James) Craig Brown born - Football manager
|
|
1940
|
Alexander (Sandy) Fraser born - Artist
|
|
1940
|
Alexander Andrew Mackay (Derry) Irvine (Baron Irvine of Lairg) born - Judge and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
|
|
1940
|
Barnton Quarry Command Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1940
|
Cowie Line (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
1940
|
Denis Law born - Footballer
|
|
1940
|
Dougal Haston born - Mountaineer
|
|
1940
|
Elizabeth Smith (Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill, Elizabeth Bennett) born - Politician and stateswoman
|
|
1940
|
HM Naval Base Clyde (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1940
|
Hillington West Railway Station (Glasgow City) Opened
|
|
1940
|
James (Jim) William Telfer born - Rugby captain and coach
|
|
1940
|
James Ballantine died - Stained glass artist
|
|
1940
|
James Elliot Shearer died - Minor artist
|
|
1940
|
John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir) died - Author, biographer and politician
|
|
1940
|
John Byrne born - Dramatist and artist
|
|
1940
|
John G. Boyd born - Artist
|
|
1940
|
John Lennon born - Pop singer and musician
|
|
1940
|
Kirknewton Airfield (City of Edinburgh) Opened
|
|
1940
|
Marie Loftus died - Music-hall entertainer
|
|
1940
|
Michael (Mike) Henry Denness born - Cricketer
|
|
1940
|
Michael Sheard born - Television, film and stage actor
|
|
1940
|
Nicholas Groves-Raines born - Conservation architect
|
|
1940
|
Philip Henry Kerr (11th Marquess of Lothian) died - Statesman, politician and diplomat
|
|
1940
|
Raymond Unwin died - English architect and town planner
|
|
1940
|
Rev. Alexander (Alex) Muir born - Musician and clergyman
|
|
1940
|
Robin Harper born - Green politician
|
|
1940
|
Sir Charles (Chay) Blyth born - Yachtsman
|
|
1940
|
Sir John Gilmour died - Politician
|
|
1940
|
Sir Thomas (Tom) Farmer born - Entrepreneur and philanthropist
|
|
1940
|
Stuart Sutcliffe born - Pop musician
|
|
1940
|
Sydney Devine born - Country and western singer
|
|
1940
|
Tam Dalyell House (West Lothian) Built
|
|
1940
|
Tom McGrath born - Poet and playwright
|
|
1940
|
William (Billy) McNeill born - Football player
|
|
1940
|
Maille Breze Disaster
|
|
1941
|
Alexander (Alec) Ritchie died - Jewellery maker and metal-worker
|
|
1941
|
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1941
|
Euphemia (Effie) Ritchie (Euphemia Thompson) died - Designer and jewellery maker
|
|
1941
|
Five Sisters Business Park (West Lothian) Opened
|
|
1941
|
George Balfour died - Engineer and politician
|
|
1941
|
Hannah Gordon born - Stage, television, radio and screen actress
|
|
1941
|
James Archibald Hood died - Coal Baron
|
|
1941
|
John Robertson born - Sports personality
|
|
1941
|
King George VI Bridge (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
|
1941
|
Longside Airfield (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
1941
|
Patrick Moubray Cadell born - Archivist
|
|
1941
|
Powis House (Aberdeen City) Built / Opened
|
|
1941
|
Prof. Norman Stone born - Historian and political commentator
|
|
1941
|
Prof. Sir Kenneth Calman born - Oncologist and administrator
|
|
1941
|
Prof. Sir Neil MacCormick born - Lawyer, educator and nationalist politician
|
|
1941
|
Sir (Walter) Menzies Campbell (Lord Campbell of Pittenweem) born - Politician
|
|
1941
|
Sir Alexander (Alex) Ferguson born - Football manager
|
|
1941
|
Sir Craig Reedie born - Olympic administrator
|
|
1941
|
Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley died - Railway engineer
|
|
1941
|
Sir John Lavery died - Artist
|
|
1941
|
Sir Robert Tuite Boothby died - Financier
|
|
1941
|
Thomas (Tom) Conti born - Stage, television and film actor
|
|
1941
|
Tony Roper born - Actor and playwright
|
|
1941
|
Whisky Galore
|
|
1941
|
Wigtown Airfield (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
|
|
1941
|
Winston Barracks (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1941
|
Hitler's Deputy lands in Scotland
|
|
1942
|
Albert Watson born - International fashion photographer
|
|
1942
|
Angus Calder born - Historian, author, nationalist and educator
|
|
1942
|
Ann Heron Gloag born - Businesswoman and philanthropist
|
|
1942
|
Benbecula Airport (Western Isles) Opened
|
|
1942
|
Dr. Thomas Bassett Macaulay died - Canadian actuary, who became a generous philanthropist
|
|
1942
|
Edward Theodore Salvesen (Lord Salvesen) died - Law Lord
|
|
1942
|
Errol Airfield (Perth and Kinross) Opened
|
|
1942
|
George Foulkes (Lord Foulkes of Cumnock) born - Politician and football enthusiast
|
|
1942
|
George Simpson (Lord Simpson of Dunkeld) born - Businessman who precipitated one of the most dramatic crashes in British corporate history
|
|
1942
|
James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton (Lord Selkirk of Douglas) born - Politician
|
|
1942
|
John Bellany born - Painter
|
|
1942
|
John George Stewart-Murray (8th Duke of Atholl) died - Military commander and politician
|
|
1942
|
John Kerr (Lord Kerr of Kinlochard) born - Diplomat, civil servant and businessman
|
|
1942
|
John Milne born - Broadcaster
|
|
1942
|
Lieutenant Anthony (Tony) Fasson died - Naval officer
|
|
1942
|
Magnus Linklater born - Writer and broadcaster
|
|
1942
|
Muirhead Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1942
|
Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont (Baron Lamont of Lerwick) born - Politician
|
|
1942
|
Prof. (John) Norman Collie died - Scientist and pioneering mountaineer
|
|
1942
|
Robert Weir Allan died - Painter
|
|
1942
|
Sir (Michael) Hugh Shaw Stewart (8th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall) died - Landowner and politician
|
|
1942
|
Sir Duncan Rice born - Academic
|
|
1942
|
Sir Ian Wood born - Entrepreneur
|
|
1942
|
Sir William (Billy) Connolly born - Comedian, actor and TV personality
|
|
1942
|
Walter McGowan born - Boxer
|
|
1942
|
William (Bill) Bryden born - Theatre director, screenwriter and television executive
|
|
1942
|
William (Willie) Carson born - Champion jockey, born in Stirling
|
|
1942
|
Wing Commander Hugh Malcolm died - Royal Air Force pilot
|
|
1943
|
(Helen) Beatrix Potter died - English authoress and illustrator
|
|
1943
|
Annie Shepherd Swan died - Novelist
|
|
1943
|
Arabella Louisa Rankin died - Minor artist
|
|
1943
|
Cecilia (Cissie) Loftus died - Broadway actress, singer and mimic
|
|
1943
|
Clydebank Blitz
|
|
1943
|
DHFCS Crimond (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
1943
|
DM Beith (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
|
1943
|
Dame Barbara Rae born - Painter
|
|
1943
|
David Heddle born - Bowls player
|
|
1943
|
Dunblane Museum (Stirling) Opened
|
|
1943
|
Eve Graham (Evelyn May Beatson) born - Singer
|
|
1943
|
George Henry died - Artist, noted particularly for his landscape paintings
|
|
1943
|
Graeme Garden born - Actor, comedian and 'Goodie'
|
|
1943
|
Jack Bruce born - Rock musician and composer
|
|
1943
|
John Hays McLaren died - Horticulturist who laid out the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, one of the largest public parks in the world
|
|
1943
|
Margo MacDonald born - Politician, journalist and broadcaster
|
|
1943
|
Peter McRobbie born - Actor
|
|
1943
|
RAF Banff (Aberdeenshire) Opened
|
|
1943
|
Rodney Stuart Pattison born - Olympic champion
|
|
1943
|
Sylvester McCoy (James Kent-Smith) born - Stage, television and film actor
|
|
1943
|
Thomas (Tom) Chalmers Steel born - Television producer and author
|
|
1943
|
Veronica Linklater (Baroness Linklater of Butterstone) born - Educationalist, welfare specialist and politician
|
|
1943
|
William (Bill) Gibb born - Influential fashion designer
|
|
1943
|
William Soutar died - Poet and diarist
|
|
1943
|
William Thomson Neill died - Surveyor
|
|
1943
|
HMS Dasher Disaster
|
|
1944
|
(Michael) Eric Forth born - Uncompromising Conservative politician
|
|
1944
|
Achamore Gardens (Argyll and Bute) Created
|
|
1944
|
Alister Allan born - Medal-winning rifle-shooter
|
|
1944
|
Anne Lorne Gillies born - Singer and political activist
|
|
1944
|
Christine Grahame (Christine Creech) born - Politician
|
|
1944
|
Dr. James Curle died - Solicitor and archaeologist
|
|
1944
|
Finnart Ocean Terminal (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1944
|
James (Jimmy) Boyle born - Gangster, murderer, artist and author
|
|
1944
|
James (Jimmy) Johnstone born - Football player
|
|
1944
|
Jane Haining died - Missionary and martyr
|
|
1944
|
Kenneth (Kenny) MacIntyre born - Combative interviewer and political reporter
|
|
1944
|
Prof. Charles Glover Barkla died - Physicist and Nobel laureate
|
|
1944
|
Rev. Prof. James Moffatt died - Ecclesiastical historian
|
|
1944
|
Robert (Bobby) McGregor (The Falkirk Flyer) born - Swimming champion
|
|
1944
|
Roger Ball born - Musician
|
|
1944
|
Sheena Wellington born - Folk singer
|
|
1944
|
Sir Robert Smith (Lord Smith of Kelvin) born - Banker and businessman
|
|
1944
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Spey Dam and Reservoir (Highland) Opened
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1944
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Stuart McGugan born - Actor
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1944
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Thomas (Tom) Leonard born - Poet, dramatist and essayist
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1944
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William Fife died - Yacht designer
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1945
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(Andrew) Hunter Crawford died - Architect
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1945
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(Matthew ) Quintin Jardine born - Novelist
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1945
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Auchengaich Reservoir (Argyll and Bute) Opened
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1945
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Brian Connolly born - Rock singer
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1945
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Churchill Barrier No 1 (Orkney) Opened
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1945
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Churchill Barrier No 2 (Orkney) Opened
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1945
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Churchill Barrier No 3 (Orkney) Opened
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1945
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Churchill Barrier No 4 (Orkney) Opened
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1945
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Churchill Barriers (Orkney) Opened
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1945
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Cosmo Gordon Lang (Baron Lang of Lambeth) died - Archbishop of Canterbury
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1945
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Cowie Line (Aberdeenshire) Closed
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1945
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David Clyde died - Actor
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1945
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Dennis Nilsen born - Serial killer, known as the Muswell Hill Murderer
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1945
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Douglas (Doug) Cocker born - Sculptor
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1945
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Dr. Richard Henderson born - Biophysicist
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1945
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Duncan Lunan born - Author
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1945
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Eric Henry Liddell died - Record-breaking athlete who won two medals in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games
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1945
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Eric McCredie born - Musician
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1945
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Eric Woolfson born - Musician and song-writer
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1945
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Gerald William Balfour (2nd Earl of Balfour) died - Politician
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1945
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Helen Hopekirk died - Pianist, piano teacher and composer
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1945
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Islesburgh House Hostel (Shetland) Built
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1945
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James Leatham died - Socialist pioneer and author
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1945
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John Mathieson died - Surveyor, map-maker and explorer
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1945
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Jon Whiteley born - Child actor
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1945
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Kenneth (Ken) Buchanan born - Light-weight boxer
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1945
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Kenneth (Kenny) Ireland born - Actor
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1945
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Lady Emma Alice Margaret (Margot) Asquith (Margot Tennant; Countess of Oxford and Asquith) died - Society hostess and wit
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1945
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Leith Martello Tower (City of Edinburgh) Closed
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1945
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Longside Airfield (Aberdeenshire) Closed
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1945
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Malcolm (Mollie) Duncan born - Musician
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1945
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Margaret Ewing (Margaret Anne McAdam) born - Politician
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1945
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Michael Andrew Foster Jude (Kerr) Ancram (13th Marquess of Lothian; Earl of Ancram) born - Politician
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1945
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Owen (Onnie) McIntyre born - Musician
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1945
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Prof. Angus Stewart Deaton born - Microeconomist
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1945
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Prof. Sir David Wallace born - Physicist and pioneer of parallel computing
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1945
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Prof. Sir Thomas (Tom) Devine born - Historian
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1945
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Ruth Wishart born - Journalist and broadcaster
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1945
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Sir Moir Lockhead born - Entrepreneur
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1945
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Sir Rod Stewart born - English rock star, renowned for his husky voice
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1945
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Sir William Whyte died - Banker
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1945
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The Citizen's Theatre (Glasgow City) Opened
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1945
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Thomas Peck Hunter died - Recipient of the Victoria Cross
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1945
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Tiree Power Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
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1945
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Turnberry Airfield (South Ayrshire) Closed
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1945
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Victoria Crowe born - Artist, noted as a painter of landscapes, still-lifes, portraits, and self-portraits, in watercolour and oil
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1945
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William (Bill) Paterson born - TV, stage and screen actor
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1945
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Woodhall Railway Station (Inverclyde) Opened
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c.1946
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Salisbury Green (City of Edinburgh) Established
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c.1946
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St Leonard's Hall (City of Edinburgh) Established
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1946
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(Robert) Neil MacGregor born - Arts administrator and broadcaster
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1946
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(William Daniel) Dan McCafferty born - Vocalist
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1946
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Alan Gorrie born - Vocalist and musician
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1946
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Alexander (Alex) Ligertwood born - Versatile rock singer and musician
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1946
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Alexander (Aly) Bain born - Fiddler, known for his dramatic style
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1946
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Arran Creamery (North Ayrshire) Opened
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1946
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Benny Lynch died - Undoubtedly Scotland's greatest boxer
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1946
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Bowmore Power Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
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1946
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Brian Cox born - Stage, screen and television actor
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1946
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Camperdown Park (Dundee City) Created
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1946
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Dame Louise Martin (Louise Campbell) born - Sports administrator
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1946
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Donovan Leitch (Donovan) born - Folk rock singer and song-writer, uncomfortably badged as "Britain's answer to Bob Dylan"
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1946
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Elizabeth (Liz) Lochhead born - Poet and dramatist
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1946
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Eric Robson born - Radio and television broadcaster
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1946
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Francis (Fra) Henry Newbery died - Director of the Glasgow School of Art and painter
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1946
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George Miller born - Champion bowler
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1946
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George Robertson (Lord Robertson of Port Ellen) born - Politician
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1946
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Hazel Josephine Aronson (Lady Cosgrove) born - First female judge in Scotland
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1946
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Helen Bannerman died - Author
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1946
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Inch House (City of Edinburgh) Built / Opened
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1946
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James Kelman born - Novelist, short-story writer and playwright
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1946
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John Logie Baird died - Engineer
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1946
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Joseph (Joe) Egan born - Singer and songwriter
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1946
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Marion Angus died - Minor poet
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1946
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Neil Mackie born - Tenor
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1946
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Nina Myskow born - Journalist and media personality
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1946
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Prof. William Macneile Dixon died - Poet and scholar of the English language
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1946
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RAF Banff (Aberdeenshire) Closed
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1946
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Richard Noble born - Holder of the world land speed record
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1946
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Robin Finlayson Cook born - Politician
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1946
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Roland Mitton born - Stained glass artist
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1946
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Rollo Park (Perth and Kinross) Created
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1946
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Ronald Belford (Bon) Scott born - Rock singer
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1946
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Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind born - Politician
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1946
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Terence (Terry) Nutkins born - Naturalist and broadcaster
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1946
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Violet Jacob died - Poet and author
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1946
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William (Bill) Forsyth born - Director and film-maker, born in Glasgow
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1946
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Paddle Steamer Waverley Launched
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1947
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A. Stewart Cruikshank died - Theatre impresario
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1947
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Aleister Crowley (Edward Alexander Crowley) died - Hedonist, influential satanist, cult leader and mountaineer, who was described by the press as the 'Wickedest Man in the World'
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1947
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Alexander MacArthur died - Unfortunate novelist
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1947
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Clarissa Dickson Wright born - Eccentric broadcaster and authoress
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1947
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Donald J. Macdonald born - Hotel entrepreneur
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1947
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Dr. John Reid (Lord Reid of Cardowan) born - Politician
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1947
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Edinburgh Festival Founded
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1947
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Galloway Forest Park (Dumfries and Galloway) Created
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1947
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George Houston died - Landscape artist
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1947
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Gerald (Gerry) Rafferty born - Musician and music producer
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1947
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Glasgow Zoopark (Glasgow City) Created
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1947
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Gordon Lamont Brown (Broon frae Troon) born - International rugby player
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1947
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Hallmuir POW Chapel (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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1947
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Ian Abbot born - Minor poet
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1947
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Ian McDiarmid born - Actor and theatre impresario
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1947
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Ian Scott Anderson born - Lead singer and flautist with the rock group Jethro Tull
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1947
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Inverness Airport (Highland) Opened
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1947
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James Miller died - Architect
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1947
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John Alexander Carfrae died - Architect
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1947
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John Crichton-Stuart (4th Marquess of Bute) died - Conservationist of the built environment
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1947
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Killiecrankie Visitor Centre (Perth and Kinross) Opened
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1947
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Marilyn Imrie born - Radio producer and theatre director
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1947
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Prof. John Brown born - Astronomer Royal for Scotland
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1947
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Queen Camilla (Camilla Mountbatten Windsor, Camilla Rosemary Shand, Camilla Parker Bowles) born - Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, wife of King Charles III
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1947
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Rita Rusk born - Hairdressing pioneer
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1947
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Seaton Park (Aberdeen City) Created
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1947
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Sir Francis Norie-Miller died - Insurance pioneer, who contributed much to the civic society of Perth
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1947
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Sir John Smith Flett died - Geologist
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1947
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Southerness Golf Course (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
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1947
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Vincent Winter born - Child actor and film-maker
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1947
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Wigtown Airfield (Dumfries and Galloway) Closed
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1947
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Will Fyffe died - Comedian, singer and film star
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1947
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William Irvine died - Presbyterian evangelist
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1947
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Burngrange Mining Disaster
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1948
|
Lulu (Marie McDonald Lawrie) born - Pop singer, entertainer and TV personality
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1948
|
Alan Longmuir born - Musician and founder of the band Bay City Rollers
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|
1948
|
Ann Budge born - Entrepreneur
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1948
|
Anna Buchan (O. Douglas) died - Author
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1948
|
Barbara Dickson born - Singer
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1948
|
Barbara Scott Young (Baroness Young of Old Scone) born - Environmental administrator
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1948
|
Brian Wilson born - Politician and journalist
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1948
|
Charles Alfred Jarvis died - Heroic soldier, the first to win a Victoria Cross in World War I
|
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1948
|
Claire Macdonald (Claire Catlow, Lady Macdonald of Macdonald) born - Cookery writer, teacher and hotelier
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1948
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Dame Sheila Marshall McKechnie born - Campaigner
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1948
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David Annand born - Sculptor
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1948
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Gillies MacKinnon born - One of the most prolific and versatile contemporary British film directors
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1948
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James (Jim) McEwan born - Master distiller
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1948
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James (Jim) Watt born - Boxer, born in Glasgow
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1948
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James Cosmo born - Actor
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1948
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John Home Robertson born - Politician
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1948
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John Lowrie Morrison (Jolomo) born - Artist
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1948
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Joseph Henry Maclagen Wedderburn died - Mathematician
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1948
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King Charles III (Prince Charles, The Duke of Rothesay, Charles Mountbatten-Windsor) born - Monarch and Head of the British Commonwealth
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1948
|
Kirkwall Airport (Orkney) Opened
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1948
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Knockendon Reservoir (North Ayrshire) Opened
|
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1948
|
Lieut-Colonel Gwido Langer died - Cryptographer
|
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1948
|
Lochalsh Dam (Highland) Opened
|
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1948
|
Lynn Faulds-Wood born - Television presenter, journalist and consumer champion
|
|
1948
|
Morar Power Station (Highland) Opened
|
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1948
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National Engineering Laboratory (South Lanarkshire) Opened
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1948
|
Norman Ainsley died - Screen and stage actor
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1948
|
Nostie Bridge Power Station (Highland) Opened
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1948
|
Prof. Sir D'Arcy Thompson died - Renowned zoologist
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1948
|
Sir Alexander (Sandy) McCall Smith born - Prodigious author and academic lawyer
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1948
|
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown died - Aviation pioneer
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1948
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The State Hospital (South Lanarkshire) Built / Opened
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|
1948
|
Walter Smith born - Football manager
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1949
|
(John) Rooke Corbett died - Mountaineer
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1949
|
Alan Grant born - Comic writer
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1949
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Aldour Bridge (Perth and Kinross) Opened
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1949
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Andrew Ferguson Neil born - Journalist and broadcaster
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1949
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Bad an Sgalaig, Loch (Highland) Opened
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1949
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Bernard Gallacher born - Golfer
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1949
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Castle Venlaw Hotel (Scottish Borders) Built
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1949
|
Duncan Bannatyne born - Entrepreneur and philanthropist
|
|
1949
|
Frankie Miller born - Blues singer and song-writer
|
|
1949
|
George Sneddon born - Championship bowler
|
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1949
|
Hamish Stuart born - Musician
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1949
|
Ian Charleson born - Stage and screen actor
|
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1949
|
Isabella (Ella) Robertson Christie died - Redoubtable traveller, explorer, authoress and gardener
|
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1949
|
James Black died - Clergyman
|
|
1949
|
Jessie Marion King died - Illustrator
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1949
|
Keith Manson Miller born - Chief Executive of the Miller Group
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1949
|
Margaret Anne Marshall born - Soprano Born in Stirling, Marshall studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and came to prominence when she won first prize at the Munich International Competition in 1974
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1949
|
Marie (Mhairi) Harrower born - Paralympic medalist
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1949
|
Mark Freuder Knopfler born - Rock musician
|
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1949
|
Michael (Mike) Watson (Lord Watson of Invergowrie) born - Labour politician
|
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1949
|
Prof. Sir Hew Strachan born - Historian, for his work on the administration of the British Army and the history of the First World War
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1949
|
Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall died - Clergyman, who became Chaplain to the US Senate
|
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1949
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Rory Macdonald born - Musician and vocalist
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1949
|
Ross Davidson (William Russell Davidson) born - Actor
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1949
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Scottish Enterprise Technology Park (South Lanarkshire) Opened
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Next Period
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