1969 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1969 in Scotland.
Incumbents
[edit]Law officers
[edit]- Lord Advocate – Henry Wilson
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Ewan Stewart
Judiciary
[edit]- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grant
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Birsay
Events
[edit]- 6 January – closure of the Waverley Line (the Edinburgh–Galashiels–Hawick–Carlisle railway) and The St. Andrews Railway (the branch line from Leuchars).
- 8 February – unusual aurora borealis seen over Scotland.
- 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]
- May – Ross Pit at Brora is closed by a fire.[4]
- 1 July – John Lennon, Yoko Ono and their children are hospitalised at Golspie following a car accident while on holiday.[5]
- 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.[6]
- The policies of Culzean Castle become Scotland's first country park.
Births
[edit]- 1 January
- Paul Lawrie, golfer and journalist
- Tom Urie, actor
- 13 January – Stephen Hendry, snooker player
- 6 March – Neil Findlay, Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament
- 28 March – Laurie Brett, actress
- April – Kenny Alexander, businessman
- 24 April
- Donna Robertson, judoka and wrestler[7]
- Fiona Robertson, judoka and wrestler[8]
- Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament
- 11 August – Ashley Jensen, actress
- 25 August – Catriona Matthew, golfer
- 28 September – Angus Robertson, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament
- 13 November – Gerard Butler, actor[9]
- 5 December – Lynne Ramsay film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the films Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar and We Need to Talk about Kevin
- 7 December – James Murray, boxer (died 1995)
- 18 December – Irvin Duguid, keyboard player (Stiltskin)
- 24 December – Mark Millar, comic book writer
- 31 December – Dominik Diamond, presenter and newspaper columnist
Deaths
[edit]- 8 May – Sir Sydney Smith, forensic pathologist (born 1883 in New Zealand)
- 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
[edit]- George Mackay Brown's short stories A Time to Keep and collected writings An Orkney Tapestry are published.
- Jenny Gilbertson's documentary film Shetland Pony is made.
- Tom Leonard's Six Glasgow Poems are published.
- The cultural magazine New Edinburgh Review begins publication.
- Antonia Fraser's biography Mary Queen of Scots is published.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Brora Coalfield". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "John Lennon crashes his car in Scotland". The Beatles Bible. 1 July 1969. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ Herald article.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Donna Robertson Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Fiona Robertson Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Gerard Butler". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2022.