1942 in Scotland
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1942 in Scotland |
Years |
1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 |
See also |
1941-42 in Scottish football |
1942-43 in Scottish football |
Events from 1942 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- July – Military scientists begin testing of anthrax as a biological warfare agent on Gruinard Island.[1]
- 25 August – Prince George, Duke of Kent, brother of George VI, is killed in an air crash near Caithness.
Births
- 24 November - Billy Connolly, comedian
Deaths
- 10 August – Bob Kelso, footballer (born 1865)
- 4 December – Hugh Gordon Malcolm, VC recipient (born 1917)
See also
References
- ↑ "Britain's 'Anthrax Island'". BBC. 25 July 2001. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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