1951 in Scotland
1951 in Scotland |
Years |
1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
See also |
1950-51 in Scottish football |
1951-52 in Scottish football |
Events from 1951 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 11 April - The Stone of Scone is located in Forfar, having been stolen by Scottish Nationalists.[1]
- 12 May - Remains of Gunnister Man found in a peat bog in Shetland.
- 30 October - James Stuart is appointed Secretary of State for Scotland; he will hold office until January 1957.
- 7 November - First floodlit Association football match in Scotland, a Stenhousemuir v. Hibernian F.C. friendly at the former's Ochilview Park.[2]
- November - Ecurie Ecosse motor racing team founded by Edinburgh businessman and racing driver David Murray and mechanic Wilkie Wilkinson.[3]
- Publication of The Third Statistical Account of Scotland commences with the volume for Ayrshire.
Births
- 2 February - Ken Bruce, radio broadcaster
- 20 February - Gordon Brown, Labour politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007-2010)
- 4 March - Kenny Dalglish, international footballer and manager
- 25 April - Ian McCartney, Labour politician
- 9 August - James Naughtie, print and radio journalist
- 22 August - Alex Neil, Scottish National Party MSP and government minister
- 23 September - Andrew Greig, author
- 26 September - Stuart Tosh, born Stuart MacIntosh, rock musician
- 17 November - Jack Vettriano, born Jack Hoggan, painter
- 19 November - Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, Labour politician and Lord Chancellor
- 15 December - Joe Jordan, international footballer and manager
- 20 December - Peter May, fiction writer
Deaths
- 3 January - Peter McBride, footballer (born 1877)
- 29 January - James Bridie (O. H. Mavor), playwright (born 1888)
- 3 May - Sir Thomas Henderson, Liberal politician (born 1874)
- 16 May - James Greenlees, rugby union footballer, educationalist and soldier (born 1878)
- 9 September - Andrew Blain Baird, engineer and aviation pioneer (born 1862)
- 1 October - Peter McWilliam, international footballer and manager (born 1879)
- 11 October - Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel, chief of Clan Cameron (born 1876)
The Arts
- 19 May - Pitlochry Festival Theatre opens in a tent with the British première of Maxwell Anderson’s Mary of Scotland.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ↑ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ "The History of Ecurie Ecosse". Ecurie Ecosse. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
- ↑ "Timeline". Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
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