1965 in Scotland
 1965 in Scotland |
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| 1965-66 in Scottish football |
| 1965 in Scottish television |
Events from 1965 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 24 March - Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles by-election: David Steel (Liberal) gains the seat from the Conservatives.
- 15 June - Law Commissions Act 1965, establishing the Scottish Law Commission, receives the Royal assent.
- August - Union Canal officially closed to navigation.[1]
- 5 August - The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 receives Royal assent.
- 11 August - First edition of The Celtic View, the official weekly magazine of Celtic F.C. in Glasgow, is published.
- 20 August - Cassius Clay fights an exhibition bout at the Ice Rink, Paisley.[2]
- 6 September - Edinburgh Princes Street railway station is officially closed.[3]
- 15 October - The Cruachan Dam pumped-storage hydroelectricity scheme at Ben Cruachan near Oban opens.
- 8 November - The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act suspends capital punishment for murder in England, Scotland and Wales, for five years in the first instance, replacing it with a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.
- November - Harthill Bypass opened, first section of the M8 motorway and the first substantive section of motorway in Scotland.
- The Unionist Party in Scotland is renamed the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and constitutionally comes under the control of the London-based Conservative Party.
- Highlands and Islands Development Board formed.
- Corpach pulp and paper mills open.[4]
Births
- 18 January - Paul Flexney, footballer
- 20 January - Colin Calderwood, international footballer and coach
- 22 January - Brian McCardie, actor
- 27 January - Alan Cumming, actor
- 6 February - Simone Lahbib, actress
- 11 February - Keith Cochrane, businessman
- 14 February - Ian Spittal, footballer
- 16 February - Ally Maxwell, footballer and coach
- 5 March - Carolyn Leckie, Scottish Socialist Party MSP (2003-2007)
- 8 March - Paul Martin, footballer and manager
- 20 March - William Dalrymple, historian
- 22 March - Rob Wainwright, international rugby union footballer
- 23 March - Marti Pellow, singer
- 6 April - Andy Walker, footballer and TV pundit
- 11 April - Lynn Ferguson, writer, actress, comedienne and presenter
- 25 April - Ally Dick, footballer
- 16 May - Stuart Millar, football player and manager
- 17 May - Keith Wright, international footballer
- 24 May - Brian Irvine, international footballer
- 28 May - Vic Kasule, footballer
- 5 June - Allan Guthrie, literary agent, author and editor of crime fiction
- 19 June - A. B. Jackson, poet
- 22 June - Jimmy Sandison, footballer
- 3 July - Tommy Flanagan, actor
- 9 July - David O'Hara, actor
- 12 July - Eric Cullen, actor (died 1996)
- 15 July - Alistair Carmichael, Liberal Democrat politician and Secretary of State for Scotland
- 19 July - Evelyn Glennie, virtuosa percussionist
- 24 July - Julie Graham, actress
- 26 July - Hamish Clark, actor
- 11 August - Robert Fleck, international footballer and manager
- 30 August - Peter Grant, international footballer and manager
- 5 September - Murdo Fraser, Conservative MSP (2001- )
- 11 September:
- 14 September - Paul McFadden, footballer
- 27 September - Rhona Cameron, comedienne
- 14 October - Sandy Stewart, footballer and manager
- 20 October - Norman Blake, singer, instrumentalist and songwriter
- 22 October - A. L. Kennedy, fiction writer
- 29 October - Paul Stewart, racing driver
- 12 November - Eddie Mair, radio and television presenter
- 17 November - Brian Deas, golfer
- 19 November - Douglas Henshall, actor
- 24 November - Shirley Henderson, actress
- 25 November - Dougray Scott, actor
- 28 November - Caroline Paterson, actress
- 11 December - Alison Watt, painter
- 13 December - Hugh Burns, footballer
- 20 December - Robert Cavanah, actor, writer, director and producer
- 21 December - Stuart Mitchell, pianist and composer
- 31 December - Mike Conroy, footballer
- Christine Borland, sculptor
- Toni Davidson, novelist
Deaths
- 7 January - Anne Redpath, domestic painter (born 1895)
- 1 February - Robert Spence, Labour MP
- 14 February - David Ferguson Hunter, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1891)
- 30 April - James William Slessor Marr, marine biologist and polar explorer (born 1902)
- 17 March - Walter Potter Ritchie, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1892)
- 31 March - Gerard Crole, international rugby union and cricket player (born 1894)
- 9 April - Robert Gibson, Lord Gibson, lawyer and Labour MP
- 9 May - Hugh O'Donnell, footballer (born 1913)
- 16 July - William Reid, Scottish Labour Party Member of Parliament from 1950 to 1964 (born 1889)
- 2 August - John Carmont, High Court Judge (born 1890)
- 12 August - Willie Gallacher, trade unionist, activist and communist MP (born 1881)
- 5 September - Tom Johnston, Labour MP, government minister and chairman of North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (born 1881)
- 8 October - James Nelson, international footballer (born 1901)
- 20 October - William Thomas Shaw, Unionist Party MP (born 1879)
The Arts
See also
References
- ↑ Jean, Jean (1968). The Canals of Scotland. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4240-1.
- ↑ "King Ali of Paisley", The Scotsman, retrieved 2014-05-07
- ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1.
- ↑ "Kilmallie timeline". Kilmallie Community Council. Retrieved 2014-08-08.