1953 in Scotland
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1953 in Scotland |
Years |
1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 |
See also |
1952-53 in Scottish football |
1953-54 in Scottish football |
1955 in Scottish television |
Events from 1953 in Scotland
Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
Events
- 31 January – The car ferry MV Princess Victoria, sailing from Stranraer, Scotland, to Larne, Northern Ireland, sinks in the Irish Sea killing 133 people on board. Among the dead are Northern Ireland Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Major Maynard Sinclair, and Sir Walter Smiles, the Ulster Unionist MP for North Down.[1]
- 9 February – Fraserburgh life-boat John and Charles Kennedy capsizes on service: six crew killed.
- 16 April – The Queen launches the Royal Yacht Britannia at John Brown & Company shipbuilders on the Clyde.[2]
- 27 October – Arbroath life-boat Robert Lindsay capsizes on service: six crew killed.
Births
- 20 January - John Robertson, international footballer
- 5 May - Graeme Souness, international footballer and manager
- 6 May – Tony Blair, Prime Minister (1997-2007)
- 24 August - Sam Torrance, golfer
- 4 November - Derek Johnstone, international footballer
- 22 December - Gregor Fisher, comedian and actor
Deaths
- 19 March - Thomas Hunter, Unionist Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth (born 1872)
- 1 June - Alex James, international footballer (born 1901)
See also
References
- ↑ "130 die in ferry disaster". BBC On This Day. 31 January 1953. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ↑ "Queen launches Royal Yacht Britannia". BBC On This Day. 16 April 1953. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
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