1964 in Scotland
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1964 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1963–64 • 1964–65 1964 in Scottish television |
Events from the year 1964 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth II
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Michael Noble until 16 October; then Willie Ross
Law officers
Events
- 11 January – Nationwide UK teenage girls' magazine Jackie is first published by DC Thomson of Dundee.[1]
- 29 April – 1964 Aberdeen typhoid outbreak: All schools in Aberdeen are closed following 136 cases of typhoid being reported.
- 30 April – Breakthrough on 2.5-mile (4.0 km) tunnel 500 metres (1,600 ft) under the Firth of Forth to link the colliery at Valleyfield, Fife, to the modern coal processing facilities at Kinneil colliery near Bo'ness.[2][3][4]
- 14 May – Rutherglen by-election: Labour gains seat from the Conservatives.
- 20 May – 1964 Aberdeen typhoid outbreak begins.
- 23 June – University of Strathclyde chartered.[5]
- 4 September – The Forth Road Bridge opens across the Firth of Forth, connecting Fife and Edinburgh.
- 22 September – Hunterston A nuclear power station opens.
- 15 October – United Kingdom general election: Labour defeats Sir Alec Douglas-Home's Conservatives[6] and the Unionist Party in Scotland loses eight seats.
- 20 November – The first part of the M8 motorway between Glasgow and Edinburgh is opened.
- HMNB Clyde established by the Royal Navy at Faslane on the Gare Loch.
- William Grant & Sons first market their Glenfiddich distillery Speyside single malt whisky in bottles internationally.
Births
- 2 January – Michael McCann, lawyer and politician
- 29 January – Roddy Frame, singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 2 February – Susan Deacon, Labour politician and MSP (1999–2007)
- 12 February – Stephen Carter, businessman and politician
- 19 February – Jim McInally, international footballer and manager
- 7 March – Tommy Sheridan, socialist politician and MSP (1999–2007)
- 13 April – John Swinney, Scottish National Party leader and government minister
- 18 April – Niall Ferguson, historian
- 24 May – Liz McColgan, athlete
- 31 May – Billy Davies, footballer and manager
- 1 August – Fiona Hyslop, Scottish National Party MSP (1999– ) and government minister
- 9 September – John Hughes, footballer and manager
- 13 November – Paul McBride, criminal lawyer (died 2012)
- 11 December – Justin Currie, singer-songwriter
- 25 December – Gary McAllister, international footballer, manager and coach
- Stephen Conroy, painter
- Aminatta Forna, novelist
- Jim Lambie, installation artist
- Alan Warner, novelist
Deaths
- 31 May – Nikolai Orlov, classical pianist (born 1892 in Russia)
- 21 July – John White, international footballer (born 1937)
- 25 September – Robert Wilson, tenor (born 1907)
- 3 December – Dot Allan, writer (born 1886)[7]
- 11 December – Charles Donaldson, Conservative politician (born 1903)
- 31 December – Ronald Fairbairn, psychoanalyst (born 1889)
The arts
- 15 December – Peter Watkins' docudrama Culloden is broadcast on BBC Television.
See also
References
- McRobbie, Angela (1991). Feminism and Youth Culture: from "Jackie" to "Just Seventeen". Basingstoke: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-45263-9.
- The tunnel is closed and sealed in the 1980s. Dick, Sandra (13 May 2014). "Tunnel under Forth that linked Lothians to Fife". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- Kelly, John (4 March 2015). "Crossing the Forth without the Forth Bridge". BBC. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- MacDonald, Fraser (30 April 2014). "Scotland's secret tunnel under the Forth, 50 years old and forgotten". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- "Scottish University Charter Approved". The Times (56046). London. 24 June 1964. p. 7.
- "1964 General election results summary". UK Political Info. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- Ewan, Elizabeth L.; Innes, Sue; Reynolds, Sian; Pipes, Rose (2007). Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen. Edinburgh University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7486-2660-1.
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