1956 in Scotland
1956 in Scotland |
Years |
1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
See also |
1955-56 in Scottish football |
1956-57 in Scottish football |
1956 in Scottish television |
Events from 1956 in Scotland
Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
Events
- 7 March – The first floodlit Scottish Football League match is played at Ibrox Park in Glasgow; home team Rangers F.C. beat Queen of the South 8-0.[1]
- 4 July – The National Library of Scotland's first purpose-built premises are opened on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh.[2]
- 29 July – The Ecurie Ecosse motor racing team, Ninian Sanderson and Ron Flockhart, win the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans race.[1]
- 14 August – Death of John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute (born 1904); he bequeaths the uninhabited islands of St Kilda to the National Trust for Scotland as a bird sanctuary.
- 25 September – The TAT-1 transatlantic telephone cable between the UK and North America is inaugurated;[3] it comes ashore near Oban.
- 4 October – Prince's Cairn unveiled at Loch nan Uamh to mark the spot where Charles Edward Stuart left Scotland in 1746 after failure of the Jacobite rising of 1745.[4]
- 20 October – Dundee Corporation Tramways last operate.[1]
- 16 November – Edinburgh Corporation Tramways last operate.[1]
- 2 December – In the 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne, Richard McTaggart of Dundee wins a gold medal in lightweight boxing.[1]
- The Scottish Medical Journal is first published following merger of the Edinburgh Medical Journal and The Glasgow Medical Journal.
Births
- 25 February – Davie Cooper, footballer (died 1995)
- 19 April – Anne Glover, biologist
- 7 May – Calum MacDonald, Labour MP
- 26 September – Mick Imlah, poet (died 2009 in England)
- 3 November – Cathy Jamieson, Labour MP
- 29 December – Fred MacAulay, comedian
Deaths
- 11 January – Buchanan Sharp, footballer (born 1894)
- 30 May – Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet, Conservative politician and philanthropist (born 1866)
- 21 September – Bill Struth, football manager (born 1876)
- 6 December – Helen Duncan, medium (born 1897)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
- ↑ "Bute Collection for Scotland: Library Opening by The Queen". The Times (53575). 1956-07-05. p. 12.
- ↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ↑ "The Loch of the Caves". Retrieved 2014-07-16.
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