1960 in Scotland
Events from 1960 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 16 January – The last regular ship on the Cork–Glasgow crossing runs, ending a 103-year-old service.
- 2 March – Elvis Presley stops off at Glasgow Prestwick Airport on his way home to the United States from military service in Germany, his only time in the U.K.[1] His ancestor, blacksmith Andrew Presley, migrated from Lonmay to North Carolina in 1745.[2]
- 14 March – Jock Stein is appointed manager of Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
- 28 March – Cheapside Street Whisky Bond Fire in Glasgow: 19 firemen killed in Britain's worst peacetime fire services disaster.[3]
- 18 May – 1960 European Cup Final at Hampden Park, Glasgow: Real Madrid C.F. defeat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3,[4] Rangers F.C. having been knocked out by Frankfurt in the semi-finals.
- 21 June – The Royal Highland Show opens for the first time at its permanent site, the Royal Highland Showground at Ingliston in the Lowlands.
- August – Murder of the Little Ross lighthouse keeper.[5]
- 7 September – North Ford Causeway opened, connecting North Uist and Benbecula via Grimsay (5 miles (8 km)), completing an all-weather road link between North and South Uist.[6]
- October – Queen's Bridge in Perth opened.
- 30 October – Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplantation in the UK, at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
- 5 November – Glasgow area suburban train services electrified.
- Little Houses Improvement Scheme launched by the National Trust for Scotland to promote conservation of vernacular architecture.[7]
Births
- 11 February – Momus, born Nicholas Currie, songwriter
- 10 March – Anne MacKenzie, broadcaster
- 23 March – Nicol Stephen, Liberal Democrat MSP, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats (2005-2008) and Deputy First Minister of Scotland (2005-2007)
- 28 April – Ian Rankin, crime novelist
- 5 May – David Nish, businessman
- 19 June – Paul Coia, television presenter
- 24 June – Elish Angiolini, née McPhilomy, Solicitor General for Scotland (2001-2006) and Lord Advocate (2006-2011)
- 30 June – Jack McConnell, First Minister of Scotland (2001-2007)
- 20 August – Annabelle Ewing, Nationalist politician and lawyer
- 6 October – Richard Jobson, rock singer-songwriter (Skids), filmmaker and television presenter
Deaths
The Arts
See also
References