1965 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1965 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch — Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — Willie Ross
Law officers
Judiciary
- 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 Gibson until 12 April; then Lord Birsay[1]
Events
- 24 March — Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles by-election: David Steel (Liberal) gains the seat from the Conservatives.
- 12 April — Harald Leslie becomes Chairman of theScottish Land Court, with the judicial title Lord Birsay. He replaces Lord Gibson.[1]
- 15 June — Law Commissions Act 1965, establishing the Scottish Law Commission, receives the Royal assent.
- August — Union Canal officially closed to navigation.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 6 September — Edinburgh Princes Street railway station is officially closed.[4]
- 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.[5]
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
- 26 March — Pat McFadden, Labour MP (Wolverhampton 2005– )
- 6 April — Andy Walker, footballer and TV pundit
- 11 April — Lynn Ferguson, writer, actress, comedian 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:
- Robert Docherty, footballer
- Graeme Obree, racing cyclist
- 14 September — Paul McFadden, footballer
- 27 September — Rhona Cameron, comedian
- 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
- George Mackay Brown's poetry The Year of the Whale is published.
- 31 December — "Pirate" radio station Radio Scotland begins broadcasting from LV Dunbar anchored outside U.K. territorial waters off Dunbar.
See also
References
- 1 2 The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 18339. p. 243. 6 April 1965. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ 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.
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