1966 in Scotland
1966 in Scotland |
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1965-66 in Scottish football |
1966-67 in Scottish football |
1966 in Scottish television |
Events from 1966 in Scotland
Incumbents
- Monarch - Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
Events
- 1 February - Heriot-Watt College in Edinburgh is designated Heriot-Watt University.
- 9 February - Construction of a prototype fast breeder nuclear reactor at Dounreay on the north coast of Scotland is announced.[1]
- 11 April (Easter Monday) - Scottish clearing banks observe today as a bank holiday for the first time, aligning them with those in England.
- May
- Pioneering west coast roll-on/roll-off ferry Isle of Gigha enters service.
- Royal Commission on Local Government in Scotland (chaired by Lord Wheatley) appointed.
- 27 June
- Glasgow Airport officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
- Glasgow St Enoch railway station officially closed.[2]
- 18 July - Old Man of Hoy first climbed, by Chris Bonington, Rusty Baillie and Tom Patey.[3][4]
- 18 August - The Tay Road Bridge opens linking Dundee with Fife.
- 29 August - Scottish clearing banks observe this last Monday in August (rather than the first) as a bank holiday for the first time.
- 28 October - First Red Road Flats in Glasgow officially opened.
- 9 November - Irvine is designated as a New Town.
- 11 November - MV Isle of Gigha capsizes on a Gigha–Port Ellen crossing.
- Scottish Grand National first run at Ayr Racecourse.
Births
- March - Jamie Oag, entrepreneur
- 7 August - John David Cairns, Scottish Labour politician, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland and MP for Inverclyde (died 2011)
- 20 September - Douglas Gordon, visual artist
- 12 October - Rhona Martin, curler
- 8 November - Gordon Ramsay, celebrity chef
- 23 November - Kevin Gallacher, international footballer
- Laura Hird, author
Deaths
- 1 January - Alexander Carrick, sculptor (born 1882)
- 6 November - Hugh Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of Allander, retailer (born 1903)
- 24 December - Sir Donald MacGillivray, last colonial governor of Malaya (born 1906)
The Arts
- 7 January - School-based television drama series This Man Craig is first screened by BBC Scotland with John Cairney in the title rôle.
- The Bay City Rollers form in Edinburgh.
See also
References
- ↑ "New nuclear reactor for Dounreay". BBC News. 9 February 1966. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Crofton, Adrian. "1966 climb: The Old Man of Hoy". A Climb Through History. Mountaineering Council of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- ↑ Thompson, Simon (2011). Unjustifiable Risk?. Milnthorpe: Cicerone Press. p. 231. ISBN 9781849653138.
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