1963 in Scotland
1963 in Scotland |
Years |
1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 |
Centuries |
18th century | 19th century | 20th century | 21st century |
See also |
1962-63 in Scottish football |
1963-64 in Scottish football |
1963 in Scottish television |
Events from 1963 in Scotland
Incumbents
- Monarch - Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
Events
- 1 January - Forth and Clyde Canal officially closed to navigation.[1]
- 2 May - Rootes car factory opens at Linwood, Renfrewshire to produce the Hillman Imp
- 3 July - Northbound Clyde Tunnel opened to traffic in Glasgow
- 31 July - Peerage Act grants Peers of Scotland the same right to sit in the House of Lords as Peers of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, ending the election of representative peers; it will also permit Alec Douglas-Home to disclaim his title as 14th Earl of Home later this year
- 15 August - Henry John Burnett is hanged for murder in Aberdeen,[2] the last execution carried out in Scotland
- 7 November - Kinross and West Perthshire by-election: Conservatives retain the seat allowing Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home to enter the House of Commons
- 21 November - Dundee West by-election: Labour retains the seat
- 12 December - Dumfriesshire by-election: Conservatives retain the seat
- Construction of the pioneering Solidac minicomputer is completed at Barr and Stroud for the University of Glasgow, the first computer built in Scotland.[3]
Births
- 13 April - Mo Johnston, international footballer
- 25 April - David Moyes, footballer and manager
- 23 June - Colin Montgomerie, golfer
- 21 September - Angus Macfadyen, actor
- 4 November - Lena Zavaroni, entertainer (died 1999)
- 28 November - Armando Iannucci, satirist
- 8 December - Brian McClair, international footballer and coach
- 22 December - Bryan Gunn, international footballer and coach
- Don Paterson, poet, writer and musician
Deaths
- 3 March - James Stevenson Unionist Party (Scotland) MP (born 1883)
- 22 July - Donald Campbell, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow (born 1894)
- 16 August - Joan Eardley, landscape painter (born 1921)
- 9 September - Duncan Walker, footballer (born 1899)
The Arts
- 2 January - Traverse Theatre opens in Edinburgh
- 3 January - The Beatles begin their first tour of 1963 with a performance in Elgin[4]
- American painter Norman Adams acquires a summer home on Scarp
See also
References
- ↑ By the Forth & Clyde Canal (Extinguishment of Rights of Navigation) Act, March 1962. Lindsay, Jean (1968). The Canals of Scotland. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4240-1.
- ↑ Executions in Scotland in the 20th century www.capitalpunishmentuk.org, accessed 30 March 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Paul A. V. (1993). "Solidac: An Early Minicomputer for Teaching Purposes" (PDF). IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 15: 79-83. doi:10.1109/85.238393. ISSN 1058-6180. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
- ↑ Live: Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland www.beatlesbible.com, accessed 310 March 2013.
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