1968 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1968 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Henry Wilson
- Solicitor General for Scotland — Ewan Stewart
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 Birsay
Events
- 15 January — 1968 Scotland storm ("Great Glasgow storm") leaves 20 dead across central Scotland including 9 in Glasgow.[1]
- February — Upper Clyde Shipbuilders formed with 48.4% government holding by amalgamation of Fairfields, Govan; Alexander Stephen & Sons, Linthouse; John Brown & Company, Clydebank; Charles Connell and Company, Scotstoun; and Yarrow Shipbuilders.
- 1 April — Reporting Scotland, BBC Scotland's national television news programme, is broadcast for the first time.
- 14 May — Murder of Maxwell Garvie: Mariticide in Kincardineshire.[2]
- 18 May — Declaration of Perth: UK Conservative party leader, Edward Heath proposes a directly elected Scottish Assembly.[3]
- 22 May — The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland permits the ordination of women as ministers.[4]
- 4 June — General Post Office introduces the first postbus in Scotland, Dunbar–Innerwick–Spott, East Lothian.
- 18 November — James Watt Street fire: A warehouse fire in Glasgow kills 22.[5]
- Bluevale and Whitevale Towers, 298 ft (90.8 m) blocks of flats, completed in Glasgow.
Births
- 31 January — John Collins, international footballer
- 26 April — Daniela Nardini, actress
- 4 July — Ronni Ancona, comic actress
- 5 August — Colin McRae, rally driver (killed in helicopter accident 2007)
- 23 November — Kirsty Young, television and radio presenter
- 28 December — Pauline Robertson, field hockey player
Deaths
- 17 February — Alexander Gray, economist, poet and translator (born 1882)
- 7 April — Jim Clark, racing car driver (born 1936; killed in motor racing accident)
- 12 September — Tommy Armour, golfer (born 1894)
- 13 November — Joe Corrie, miner, poet and playwright (born 1894)
See also
References
- ↑ "Monday 15 January 1968" (PDF). Met Office. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ↑ "The sins of my mother". The Scotsman. 2002-02-01. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ↑ "Four decades on, Declaration of Perth is still fuelling debate". The Scotsman. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
- ↑ "Ordination of women is approved". The Times (57258). London. 1968-05-23. p. 3.
- ↑ "James Watt Street Fire". SunnyGovan. Archived from the original on 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
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