1953 in Scotland
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; crowned 2 June)
Events
- 30 January – The cargo vessel Clan MacQuarrie runs aground near Borve, Lewis in a storm; all 66 crew are rescued by breeches buoy the following morning.[1]
- 31 January – The car ferry MV Princess Victoria, sailing from Stranraer to Larne in Northern Ireland, sinks in the Irish Sea in a storm killing 133 people on board.[2] Fleetwood trawler Michael Griffiths sinks seven miles south of Barra Head with the loss of 13 crew.[1]
- 9 February – Fraserburgh life-boat John and Charles Kennedy capsizes on service: six crew killed.
- 5 March – PS Maid of the Loch, the last full-size paddle steamer built in Britain, is launched on the River Clyde at A. & J. Inglis's Pointhouse Shipyard. On 25 May she enters excursion service on Loch Lomond.
- c. March – New Bridge Street Bridge across Peterhead harbour completed, the last Scherzer rolling lift bridge erected by Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow.
- 16 April – The Queen launches the Royal Yacht Britannia at John Brown & Company shipbuilders at Clydebank.[3]
- 20 May – Celtic F.C. beat Hibernian 2-0 in the final of the Coronation Cup (football) at Hampden Park.[4]
- 20 June – Most of the population of the island of Soay, Skye, moves to the Isle of Mull.
- 24 June – First state visit of Elizabeth II to Scotland since her accession; the Honours of Scotland are carried before the monarch for the first time since 1822.[5]
- 22 July – Great Bernera is connected to Lewis by Scotland's first prestressed concrete girder bridge.[6]
- 8 August – The northbound Royal Scot train derails near Abington descending from Beattock Summit due to buckling of track caused by high temperature; 37 are injured.[7]
- 27 October – Arbroath life-boat Robert Lindsay capsizes on service: six crew killed.
- Scottish law case of MacCormick v Lord Advocate decides that the right of Elizabeth II to so style herself in Scotland is a matter of royal prerogative.
- IBM establishes a manufacturing facility in Greenock.
Births
- 6 January - Malcolm Young, rock guitarist
- 11 January - John Sessions, born John Gibb Marshall, actor and comedian
- 20 January - John Robertson, international footballer
- 5 May - Graeme Souness, international footballer and manager
- 6 May - Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1997-2007
- 24 August - Sam Torrance, golfer
- 4 November - Derek Johnstone, international footballer
- 12 November - Calum MacDonald, musician
- 22 December - Gregor Fisher, actor and comedian
- Ian Read, businessman
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)
The Arts
- Lewis Spence's Collected Poems are published in Edinburgh.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Clan Macquarrie – historic rescue at Borve". Stornoway Gazette. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
- ↑ "130 die in ferry disaster". On This Day. BBC. 31 January 1953. Archived from the original on 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ↑ "Queen launches Royal Yacht Britannia". On This Day. BBC. 16 April 1953. Archived from the original on 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ↑ "The green shoots of recovery with Hibs". Scotland On Sunday. 2005-09-10.
- ↑ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
- ↑ "Great Bernera Bridge". Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ↑ "Accident at Abington on 8th August 1953". Railways Archive. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
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