1963 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1963 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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- Monarch — Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — Michael Noble
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
Events
- 1 January — Forth and Clyde Canal officially closed to navigation.[1]
- 2 May — Rootes car factory opens at Linwood, Renfrewshire to produce the Hillman Imp
- 3 July — Northbound Clyde Tunnel opened to traffic in Glasgow
- 31 July — Peerage Act grants Peers of Scotland the same right to sit in the House of Lords as Peers of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, ending the election of representative peers; it will also permit Alec Douglas-Home to disclaim his title as 14th Earl of Home later this year
- 15 August — Henry John Burnett is hanged for murder in Aberdeen,[2] the last execution carried out in Scotland
- 7 November — Kinross and West Perthshire by-election: Conservatives retain the seat allowing Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home to enter the House of Commons
- 21 November — Dundee West by-election: Labour retains the seat
- 12 December — Dumfriesshire by-election: Conservatives retain the seat
- Construction of the pioneering Solidac minicomputer is completed at Barr and Stroud for the University of Glasgow, the first computer built in Scotland[3]
- First road access (a forest track) to the railway community at Riccarton Junction.
Births
- 3 January — Stewart Hosie, SNP politician
- 13 April — Mo Johnston, international footballer
- 25 April — David Moyes, footballer and manager
- 7 June — Ailsa McKay, economist and academic (died 2014)
- 23 June — Colin Montgomerie, golfer
- 21 September — Angus Macfadyen, actor
- 4 November — Lena Zavaroni, entertainer (died 1999)
- 28 November — Armando Iannucci, satirist
- 30 November — Alex Rowley, Labour Party politician
- 8 December — Brian McClair, international footballer and coach
- 22 December — Bryan Gunn, international footballer and coach
- Don Paterson, poet, writer and musician
Deaths
- 3 March — James Stevenson Unionist Party (Scotland) MP (born 1883)
- 22 July — Donald Campbell, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow (born 1894)
- 16 August — Joan Eardley, landscape painter (born 1921)
- 9 September — Duncan Walker, footballer (born 1899)
- 22 November — Mary Findlater, novelist (born 1865)
The Arts
- 2 January — Traverse Theatre opens in Edinburgh
- 3 January — The Beatles open their first tour of 1963 with a performance in Elgin[4]
- English painter Norman Adams acquires a summer home on Scarp
See also
References
- ↑ By the Forth & Clyde Canal (Extinguishment of Rights of Navigation) Act, March 1962. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Executions in Scotland in the 20th century www.capitalpunishmentuk.org, accessed 30 March 2013.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Live: Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland www.beatlesbible.com, accessed 310 March 2013.
