1926 in Scotland
1926 in Scotland |
Years |
1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 |
See also |
1925-26 in Scottish football |
1926-27 in Scottish football |
Events from 1926 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 29 January - Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire by-elections: Conservatives retain the seats.
- 26 March - Bothwell by-election: Labour retains the seat.
- 3–12 May - 1926 United Kingdom general strike. Some violence in Glasgow.
- 26 November - Launch, under the auspices of the Scots National League, of a new monthly Nationalist newspaper entitled The Scots Independent.[1]
- First stage of Lanark Hydro Electric Scheme constructed.
- Sacramento River sternwheel paddle steamers Delta King and Delta Queen are shipped from William Denny and Brothers' yard at Dumbarton to California.
Births
- 17 January - Moira Shearer, ballet dancer (died 2006 in England)
- 11 February - Alexander Gibson, conductor and opera intendant (died 1995)
- 19 February - Charlie Cox, footballer (died 2008)
- 12 March - Gudrun Ure, actress
- 22 April - James Stirling, architect (died 1992 in England)
- May - Duncan Campbell, trumpet player
- 24 May - Stanley Baxter, comic actor
- 12 September - Dave Valentine, international rugby player (died 1976)
Deaths
- 31 July - John McPherson, international footballer (born 1868)
The Arts
- 22 November - Hugh MacDiarmid's Scots language poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle is published.
See also
References
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