1948 in Scotland
1948 in Scotland |
Years |
1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
See also |
1947-48 in Scottish football |
1948-49 in Scottish football |
Events from 1948 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January - A Scottish Region of British Railways begins to operate as a result of nationalization of rail transport in Great Britain under the Transport Act 1947.[1]
- June - During this year's Highland Show, held at Inverness, the Royal title is bestowed on the event by King George VI.
- 30 June - Glenrothes is designated as a New Town under the New Towns Act 1946.[2]
- 5 July - The National Health Service begins operating as a result of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947.
- 20 October - 1948 KLM Constellation air disaster: A KLM Lockheed Constellation airliner crashes into power cables on approach to Prestwick Airport, killing all 40 on board.[3]
- State Institution for Mental Defectives opens at Carstairs for those with mental disorder following temporary use of the premises as an Army hospital.[4]
Births
- 8 January - Gillies MacKinnon, film director
- 11 January - Joe Harper, international footballer
- 3 March - Rosemary Byrne, Scottish Socialist Party then Solidarity MSP (2003–2007)
- 28 April - Scott Fitzgerald, born William McPhail, singer and musical actor
- 11 May - Fiona Woolf, born Catherine Fiona Swain, lawyer and Lord Mayor of London
- 21 May - Denis MacShane, born Denis Matyjaszek, journalist and Labour party MP
- 15 June - Henry McLeish, footballer, Labour Party MP (1987–2001), MSP (1999–2001) and First Minister of Scotland (2000–2001)
- 18 July - Jim Watt, lightweight boxer
- 5 August - Gordon Jackson, Labour Party MSP (1999–2007) and lawyer
- 3 November - Lulu, born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, singer
- 13 December - Brian Wilson, Labour Party MP (1987–2005)
- 31 December - Sandy Jardine, international footballer and manager (died 2014)
- Malcolm MacDonald, music critic
Deaths
- 28 May - Unity Mitford, socialite and fascist (born 1914 in England)
- 21 June - D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, biologist (born 1860)
- 17 July - Joseph Westwood, Labour MP (1922-31, 1935-1948) (born 1884)
- 19 November - Charles Jarvis, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1881)
The Arts
- Sydney Goodsir Smith's Under the Eildon Tree: a poem in XXIV elegies is published in Edinburgh.
See also
References
- ↑ "The Lost Decade Timeline". BBC. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 16556. pp. 299–300. 2 July 1948. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ↑ At about 23:32 UTC. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2014-11-18. Contemporary British reports, e.g. The Times newspaper (October 1948) and the Court of Investigation report (November 1949), cite the accident as occurring early on 21 October.
- ↑ "History of the State Hospital" (PDF). NHS Scotland. January 2012. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
The terminology used in this section, describing patients and the bodies looking after them, is no longer used today.
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