1950 in Scotland
1950 in Scotland |
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1949-50 in Scottish football |
1950-51 in Scottish football |
Events from 1950 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 21 February - Clydebank-built Cunard liner RMS Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36 year career.
- August - First official Edinburgh Military Tattoo staged at Edinburgh Castle as part of the Edinburgh Festival.
- 22 August - 54-year-old William "Ned" Barnie becomes the first Scot to swim the English Channel, going on to complete 3 crossings.[1]
- 8 September - 116 miners trapped underground in a landslide at Knockshinnoch Castle colliery at New Cumnock in Ayrshire.[2]
- 9 September - The first miners are rescued from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery.[2]
- 11 September - The rescue operation from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery is completed, with all 116 miners saved.[2]
- 25 December - The Stone of Scone, the traditional coronation stone of Scottish monarchs, English monarchs and more recently British monarchs, is removed from London's Westminster Abbey by a group of four Scottish students.
- St. Margaret`s Hospice in Clydebank, the first modern hospice in Scotland, is begun by the Sisters of Charity.[3]
Births
- 22 March - Jocky Wilson, darts player (died 2012)
- 30 March - Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian
- 1 May - Malcolm James Mackenzie, footballer
- 12 May - Helena Kennedy, lawyer
- 27 May - Alex Gray, crime novelist
- 18 September - Jock McFadyen, painter
- 7 November - Lindsay Duncan, actress
- 3 December - Angus Glennie, Lord Glennie, judge
Deaths
- 15 January - George Livingstone, footballer (born 1876)
- 26 February - Harry Lauder, entertainer (born 1870)
- 17 March - Adam McKinlay, Labour politician (born 1887)
- 30 March - Joe Yule, comedian and actor (born 1892)
- 9 May - Charles Alexander Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (born 1855)
- 14 September - Alexander Livingstone, Liberal politician (born 1880)
- James Drever, psychologist (born 1873)
See also
References
- ↑ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Miners trapped underground by landslide". BBC News. 8 September 1950. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ↑ "History". St Margaret of Scotland Hospice. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
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