1946 in Scotland
Appearance
1946 in Scotland |
Years |
1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 |
See also |
1945-46 in Scottish football |
1946-47 in Scottish football |
Events from 1946 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 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.
- 5 December - A by-election in Kilmarnock results in Willie Ross holding the seat for Labour.
- Butlin's Ayr holiday camp opened to the public.
Births
- 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
- 14 December - Peter Lorimer, international footballer
Deaths
- 17 February - Sir George Pirie, painter (born 1863)
- 18 February - Catherine Carswell, biographer and journalist (born 1879)
- 5 June - James Craig Annan, photographer (born 1864
- 14 June - John Logie Baird, television pioneer (born 1888)
- 23 July - James Maxton, MP and leader of the Independent Labour Party (born 1885)
- 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 on the island of Jura, working on his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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