1969 in Scotland
1969 in Scotland |
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1968-69 in Scottish football |
1969-70 in Scottish football |
1969 in Scottish television |
Events from 1969 in Scotland
Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
Events
- 6 January - Closure of the Waverley Line (the Edinburgh–Galashiels–Hawick–Carlisle railway) and The St. Andrews Railway (the branch line from Leuchars).
- 17 March - The Longhope life-boat in Orkney is lost; the entire crew of 8 dies.
- 27 March - First ordination of a woman in the Church of Scotland, Catherine McConnachie by the Presbytery of Aberdeen.[1]
- 28 April - Gordon Gray, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, is elevated to Cardinal of the Catholic Church; the first resident cardinal in Scotland for almost 400 years.[2]
- 9 May - Formation in Glasgow of the Scottish Minorities Group to campaign for the decriminalisation of gay sexual practices in Scotland.
- 17 May - Scotland beats Cyprus 8-0 in a World Cup Qualifier at Hampden Park.[3]
- 1 July - John Lennon, Yoko Ono and their children are hospitalised at Golspie following a car accident while on holiday.[4]
- September - The Royal Commission on Local Government in Scotland (chaired by Lord Wheatley) reports, recommending a major reorganisation of local government in Scotland substantially as carried out in 1975 under terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
- 9 October - Backwater Reservoir opened to supply the Dundee area.
- 30 October - Glasgow Gorbals by-election: Labour retains the seat but the SNP takes second place from the Conservatives.
- 30 December - The Linwood bank robbery occurs in Linwood, Renfrewshire and three police officers are shot in the aftermath, two fatally.[5]
- The policies of Culzean Castle become Scotland's first country park.
Births
- 13 January - Stephen Hendry, snooker player
- 6 March - Neil Findlay, Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament
- 24 April - Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament
- 24 July - Gordon Bell, singer-songwriter working in Switzerland
- 25 August - Catriona Matthew, golfer
- 13 November - Gerard Butler, actor
- 7 December - James Murray, boxer (died 1995)
- 18 December - Irvin Duguid, keyboard player (Stiltskin)
- 24 December - Mark Millar, comic book writer
Deaths
- 10 May - John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan, international rugby player and Liberal politician (born 1901)
- 7 September - Gavin Maxwell, naturalist and author (born 1914)
- 6 December - Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh, Scottish Unionist Party and Conservative Party politician (born 1889)
The Arts
- George Mackay Brown's short stories A Time to Keep and collected writings An Orkney Tapestry are published.
- Tom Leonard's Six Glasgow Poems are published.
- The cultural magazine New Edinburgh Review begins publication.
See also
References
- ↑ Mayland, Jean (1999). "Pilgrimage to Priesthood and Beyond". In MacLeod, Iain Orr (ed). In Good Company: Women in the Ministry. Glasgow: Wild Goose. p. 33. ISBN 1-901557-15-4. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ↑ "Gordon Joseph "Cardinal" Gray". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ↑ Results www.scottishfa accessed 17 March 2013.
- ↑ "John Lennon crashes his car in Scotland". The Beatles Bible. 1969-07-01. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- ↑ Herald article.
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