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== Incumbents ==
== Incumbents ==
{{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}}
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* [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Monarch]] – [[George VI]]
* [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] and [[Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland|Keeper of the Great Seal]] – [[Joseph Westwood]]
* [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] and [[Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland|Keeper of the Great Seal]] – [[Joseph Westwood]]


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== Events ==
== Events ==
* [[16 March]] – American [[Liberty ship]] ''Byron Darnton'' runs aground off [[Sanda Island]]; all 54 aboard are rescued.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bryon Darnton [''sic.'']|work=[[Canmore (database)|Canmore]]|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/114911/details/bryon+darnton+boiler+reef+sanda+island+firth+of+clyde/|publisher=[[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland]]|location=Edinburgh|date=2012-04-19|accessdate=2014-07-17}}</ref>
* [[16 March]] – American [[Liberty ship]] ''Byron Darnton'' runs aground off [[Sanda Island]]; all 54 aboard are rescued.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bryon Darnton [''sic.'']|work=[[Canmore (database)|Canmore]]|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/114911/details/bryon+darnton+boiler+reef+sanda+island+firth+of+clyde/|publisher=[[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland]]|location=Edinburgh|date=2012-04-19|access-date=2014-07-17}}</ref>
* [[13 April]] – a crowd of 139,468 at [[Hampden Park]], Glasgow, watch the [[Scotland national football team]] defeat [[England national football team|England]] 1-0 in a [[Victory International]] series [[Association football]] match.<ref name="Notable Dates">{{cite web|title=Notable Dates in History|url=http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm|work=The Flag in the Wind|publisher=''[[The Scots Independent]]''|accessdate=2014-07-18}}</ref>
* [[13 April]] – a crowd of 139,468 at [[Hampden Park]], Glasgow, watch the [[Scotland national football team]] defeat [[England national football team|England]] 1-0 in a [[Victory International]] series [[Association football]] match.<ref name="Notable Dates">{{cite web|title=Notable Dates in History |url=http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm |work=The Flag in the Wind |publisher=[[The Scots Independent]] |access-date=2014-07-18 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm |archive-date=23 May 2014 }}</ref>
* [[3 May]] — The [[Hoover Company]] opens a factory at [[Cambuslang]].<ref>'New industry tries vainly to "Buy Scottish"', ''Daily Record'', 4 May 1946, p.5.</ref>
* [[10 July]] – a crowd of 45,000 at Hampden Park watch [[Jackie Paterson]] defend his world [[flyweight]] boxing title.<ref name="Notable Dates"/>
* [[10 July]] – a crowd of 45,000 at Hampden Park watch [[Jackie Paterson]] defend his world [[flyweight]] boxing title.<ref name="Notable Dates"/>
* [[25 July]] – a train collides with a bus which has crashed through level crossing gates at Balmuckety near [[Kirriemuir]], killing 10.<ref>{{cite web|title=Report on the Collision which occurred on 25th July, 1946, at Balmuckety Level Crossing on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=844|work=Railways Archive|accessdate=2014-07-17}}</ref>
* [[25 July]] – a train collides with a bus which has crashed through level crossing gates at Balmuckety near [[Kirriemuir]], killing 10.<ref>{{cite web|title=Report on the Collision which occurred on 25th July, 1946, at Balmuckety Level Crossing on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=844|work=Railways Archive|access-date=2014-07-17}}</ref>
* [[27 August]] – {{MV|Princess Victoria}}, the first [[roll-on/roll-off]] ferry built for service in British waters (the [[Stranraer]]–[[Larne]] crossing), is launched at [[William Denny and Brothers]]' shipyard in [[Dumbarton]].
* [[27 August]] – {{MV|Princess Victoria}}, the first [[roll-on/roll-off]] ferry built for service in British waters (the [[Stranraer]]–[[Larne]] crossing), is launched at [[William Denny and Brothers]]' shipyard in [[Dumbarton]].
* [[22 November|22]]–[[27 November]] – the last election for a university constituency in the United Kingdom is held when the [[Combined Scottish Universities by-election, 1946|Combined Scottish Universities by-election]] is held. [[Walter Elliot (Scottish politician)|Walter Elliot]] ([[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist]]) wins decisively.
* [[22 November|22]]–[[27 November]] – the last election for a university constituency in the United Kingdom is held when the [[1946 Combined Scottish Universities by-election|Combined Scottish Universities by-election]] is held. [[Walter Elliot (Scottish politician)|Walter Elliot]] ([[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist]]) wins decisively.
* [[5 December]]
* [[5 December]]
** A [[Kilmarnock by-election, 1946|Kilmarnock by-election]] results in [[Willie Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock|Willie Ross]] holding the seat for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]].
** A [[1946 Kilmarnock by-election|Kilmarnock by-election]] results in [[Willie Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock|Willie Ross]] holding the seat for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]].
** Scottish edition of the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' begins publication in Edinburgh.
** Scottish edition of the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' begins publication in Edinburgh.
* [[Drift mine]] opened in [[Machrihanish Coalfield]].
* Naturalist [[Gavin Maxwell]] purchases the island of [[Soay, Skye]], and attempts to start a commercial shark fishing enterprise there.<ref>{{cite book|first=Gavin|last=Maxwell|title=Harpoon at a Venture|location=London|publisher=Hart-Davis|year=1952}}</ref>
* Naturalist [[Gavin Maxwell]] purchases the island of [[Soay, Skye]], and attempts to start a commercial shark fishing enterprise there.<ref>{{cite book|first=Gavin|last=Maxwell|title=Harpoon at a Venture|location=London|publisher=Hart-Davis|year=1952}}</ref>
* The [[Hoover Company]] opens a factory at [[Cambuslang]].


== Births ==
== Births ==
* [[6 January]] – [[John Duignan]], economist and writer (died 2019)
* [[16 January]] – [[Graham Masterton]], horror author
* [[30 January]] – [[Donald Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon]], Lord Advocate
* [[30 January]] – [[Donald Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon]], Lord Advocate
* [[28 February]] – [[Robin Cook]], Labour MP and Foreign Secretary (died [[2005 in Scotland|2005]])
* [[28 February]] – [[Robin Cook]], Labour MP and Foreign Secretary (died [[2005 in Scotland|2005]])
* [[12 April]] – [[George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen|George Robertson]], politician, Secretary General of NATO
* May – [[Jock Brown]], solicitor and football commentator
* May – [[Jock Brown]], solicitor and football commentator
* [[10 May]] – [[Donovan]], singer, songwriter and guitarist
* [[10 May]] – [[Donovan]], singer, songwriter and guitarist
* [[13 May]] – [[Bill Torrance]], broadcaster
* [[1 June]] – [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]], actor
* [[1 June]] – [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]], actor
* [[15 June]] – [[Michael Lynch (historian)|Michael Lynch)]], historian
* [[9 June]] – [[James Kelman]], novelist
* [[9 June]] – [[James Kelman]], novelist
* [[9 July]] – [[Bon Scott]], [[hard rock]] musician ([[AC/DC]]) in Australia (died 1980 in London)
* [[9 July]] – [[Bon Scott]], [[hard rock]] musician ([[AC/DC]]) in Australia (died 1980 in London)
* [[10 July]] – [[Stuart Christie]], anarchist (died 2020)
* [[16 July]] – [[Charles McKean]], Professor of Scottish Architectural History (died [[2013 in Scotland|2013]])
* [[29 July]] – [[Bill Forsyth]], film director
* [[29 July]] – [[Bill Forsyth]], film director
* [[19 August]] – [[Christopher Malcolm]], television and film actor (died 2014 in London)
* [[25 August]] – [[Gavin Clydesdale Reid]], economist
* [[27 August]] – [[Peter Tobin]], serial killer and sex offender
* [[14 September]] – [[Pete Agnew]], rock bassist and backing vocalist
* [[14 October]] – [[Dan McCafferty]], rock singer-songwriter (died [[2022 in Scotland|2022]])
* [[27 October]] – [[Margaret Bennett (writer)|Margaret Bennett]], ethnologist
* [[27 October]] – [[Margaret Bennett (writer)|Margaret Bennett]], ethnologist
* [[6 November]] – [[George Young (rock musician)|George Young]], rock musician in Australia (died 2017)
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* [[14 December]] – [[Peter Lorimer]], international footballer
* [[18 November]]
** [[Andrea Allan]], actress
** [[Chris Rainbow]] (born Christopher James Harley), pop rock singer and musician (died [[2015 in Scotland|2015]])
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* [[14 December]] – [[Peter Lorimer]], international footballer (died [[2021 in the United Kingdom|2021]])
* [[Louise Martin (sports administrator)|Louise Martin]], sports administrator<ref>{{cite web |title=Louise Martin pivotal in smoothing the way for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12761165.louise-martin-pivotal-smoothing-way-glasgow-commonwealth-games/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=29 December 2007 |access-date=30 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Gordeanna McCulloch]], folk singer with [[The Clutha]]
* [[Ronald Rae]], [[Sculpture|sculptor]]


== Deaths ==
== Deaths ==
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* [[5 June]] – [[James Craig Annan]], photographer (born [[1864 in Scotland|1864]])
* [[5 June]] – [[James Craig Annan]], photographer (born [[1864 in Scotland|1864]])
* [[14 June]] – [[John Logie Baird]], television pioneer (born [[1888 in Scotland|1888]]; died in England)
* [[14 June]] – [[John Logie Baird]], television pioneer (born [[1888 in Scotland|1888]]; died in England)
* [[15 July]] – [[Binnie Dunlop]], editor and advocate of eugenics (born [[1874 in Scotland|1874]])
* [[23 July]] – [[James Maxton]], MP and leader of the [[Independent Labour Party]] (born [[1885 in Scotland|1885]])
* [[23 July]] – [[James Maxton]], MP and leader of the [[Independent Labour Party]] (born [[1885 in Scotland|1885]])
* [[6 August]] – [[Benny Lynch]], flyweight boxer (born [[1913 in Scotland|1913]])
* [[6 August]] – [[Benny Lynch]], flyweight boxer (born [[1913 in Scotland|1913]])
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* [[22 May]] – English writer [[George Orwell]] leaves London to spend much of the next 18 months at [[Barnhill, Jura]], working on his [[dystopia]]n novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.
* [[22 May]] – English writer [[George Orwell]] leaves London to spend much of the next 18 months at [[Barnhill, Jura]], working on his [[dystopia]]n novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.
* Summer – Robert McLeish's ''The Gorbals Story'' is premiered by [[Glasgow Unity Theatre]] at the [[Queens Theatre, Glasgow|Queens Theatre]].
* Summer – Robert McLeish's ''The Gorbals Story'' is premiered by [[Glasgow Unity Theatre]] at the [[Queens Theatre, Glasgow|Queens Theatre]].
* [[Oriel Malet]]'s fictionalised biography of [[Marjory Fleming]] is published.
* [[Janet Adam Smith]]'s ''Life Among the Scots'' is published.
* [[Janet Adam Smith]]'s ''Life Among the Scots'' is published.
* The [[Central Office of Information]] short film ''The Glen is Ours'' is released.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[1946 in the United Kingdom]]
* [[1946 in Northern Ireland]]
* [[1946 in Wales]]


== References ==
== References ==

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  1. ^ "Bryon Darnton [sic.]". Canmore. Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ 'New industry tries vainly to "Buy Scottish"', Daily Record, 4 May 1946, p.5.
  4. ^ "Report on the Collision which occurred on 25th July, 1946, at Balmuckety Level Crossing on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway". Railways Archive. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  5. ^ Maxwell, Gavin (1952). Harpoon at a Venture. London: Hart-Davis.
  6. ^ "Louise Martin pivotal in smoothing the way for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games". HeraldScotland. 29 December 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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