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Events from the year 1946 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
- 16 March — American Liberty ship Byron Darnton runs aground off Sanda Island; all 54 aboard are rescued.[1]
- 13 April — A crowd of 139,468 at Hampden Park, Glasgow, watch the Scotland national football team defeat England 1-0 in a Victory International series Association football match.[2]
- 10 July — A crowd of 45,000 at Hampden Park watch Jackie Paterson defend his world flyweight boxing title.[2]
- 25 July — A train collides with a bus which has crashed through level crossing gates at Balmuckety near Kirriemuir, killing 10.[3]
- 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.
- 22–27 November - The last election for a university constituency in the United Kingdom is held when the Combined Scottish Universities by-election is held. Walter Elliot (Unionist) wins decisively.
- 5 December
- A Kilmarnock by-election results in Willie Ross holding the seat for Labour.
- Scottish edition of the Daily Mail begins publication in Edinburgh.
- Naturalist Gavin Maxwell purchases the island of Soay, Skye, and attempts to start a commercial shark fishing enterprise there.[4]
Births
- 30 January — Donald Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon, Lord Advocate
- 28 February — Robin Cook, Labour MP and Foreign Secretary (died 2005)
- 10 May — Donovan, singer, songwriter and guitarist
- 1 June — Brian Cox, actor
- 9 June — James Kelman, novelist
- 9 July — Bon Scott, hard rock musician (AC/DC) in Australia (died 1980 in London)
- 29 July — Bill Forsyth, film director
- 27 October — Margaret Bennett, ethnologist
- 14 December — Peter Lorimer, international footballer
Deaths
- 17 February — Sir George Pirie, painter (born 1863)
- 18 February — Catherine Carswell, biographer and journalist (born 1879)
- 20 May — Jane Findlater, novelist (born 1866)
- 5 June — James Craig Annan, photographer (born 1864)
- 14 June — John Logie Baird, television pioneer (born 1888; died in England)
- 23 July — James Maxton, MP and leader of the Independent Labour Party (born 1885)
- 6 August — Benny Lynch, flyweight boxer (born 1913)
- 18 August — Marion Angus, Scots language poet (born 1865 in England)
- 9 September — Violet Jacob, historical novelist (born 1863)
Arts and literature
- 22 May — English writer George Orwell leaves London to spend much of the next 18 months at Barnhill, Jura, working on his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
- Summer - Robert McLeish's The Gorbals Story is premiered by Glasgow Unity Theatre at the Queens Theatre.
- Janet Adam Smith's Life Among the Scots is published.
See also
References
- ^ "Bryon Darnton [sic.]". Canmore. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "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.
- ^ Harpoon at a Venture.