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词条 1969 in Scotland
释义

  1. Incumbents

      Law officers    Judiciary  

  2. Events

  3. Births

  4. Deaths

  5. The arts

  6. See also

  7. References

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Events from the year 1969 in Scotland.

Incumbents

{{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}}
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II
  • Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Willie Ross

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

  • 6 January – closure of the Waverley Line (the Edinburgh–Galashiels–Hawick–Carlisle railway) and The St. Andrews Railway (the branch line from Leuchars).
  • 8 February – unusual aurora borealis seen over Scotland.
  • 17 March – the Longhope life-boat in Orkney is lost; the entire crew of 8 dies.
  • 27 March – first ordination of a woman in the Church of Scotland, Catherine McConnachie by the Presbytery of Aberdeen.[1]
  • 28 April – Gordon Gray, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, is elevated to Cardinal of the Catholic Church; the first resident cardinal in Scotland for almost 400 years.[2]
  • 9 May – formation in Glasgow of the Scottish Minorities Group to campaign for the decriminalisation of gay sexual practices in Scotland.
  • 17 May – Scotland beats Cyprus 8-0 in a World Cup Qualifier at Hampden Park.[3]
  • May – Ross Pit at Brora is closed by a fire.[4]
  • 1 July – John Lennon, Yoko Ono and their children are hospitalised at Golspie following a car accident while on holiday.[5]
  • September – the Royal Commission on Local Government in Scotland (chaired by Lord Wheatley) reports, recommending a major reorganisation of local government in Scotland substantially as carried out in 1975 under terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
  • 9 October – Backwater Reservoir opened to supply the Dundee area.
  • 30 October – Glasgow Gorbals by-election: Labour retains the seat but the SNP takes second place from the Conservatives.
  • 30 December – the Linwood bank robbery occurs in Linwood, Renfrewshire and three police officers are shot in the aftermath, two fatally.[6]
  • The policies of Culzean Castle become Scotland's first country park.

Births

  • 1 January – Paul Lawrie, golfer and journalist
  • 13 January – Stephen Hendry, snooker player
  • 6 March – Neil Findlay, Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament
  • April – Kenny Alexander, businessman
  • 24 April – Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament
  • 24 July – Gordon Bell, singer-songwriter working in Switzerland
  • 11 August – Ashley Jensen, actress
  • 25 August – Catriona Matthew, golfer
  • 28 September – Angus Robertson, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament
  • 13 November – Gerard Butler, actor
  • 5 December – Lynne Ramsay film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the films Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar and We Need to Talk about Kevin
  • 7 December – James Murray, boxer (died 1995)
  • 18 December – Irvin Duguid, keyboard player (Stiltskin)
  • 24 December – Mark Millar, comic book writer
  • Tom Urie, actor

Deaths

  • 10 May – John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan, international rugby player and Liberal politician (born 1901)
  • 7 September – Gavin Maxwell, naturalist and author (born 1914)
  • 6 December – Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh, Scottish Unionist Party and Conservative Party politician (born 1889)

The arts

  • George Mackay Brown's short stories A Time to Keep and collected writings An Orkney Tapestry are published.
  • Tom Leonard's Six Glasgow Poems are published.
  • The cultural magazine New Edinburgh Review begins publication.

See also

  • 1969 in Northern Ireland

References

1. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBCH2wXyjmsC&pg=PA33&dq=Catherine+McConnachie+Presbytery+of+Aberdeen&lr=&ei=SlYfSsDAB4akNfHWleIP&client=firefox-a|title=In Good Company: Women in the Ministry|editor=MacLeod, Iain Orr |first=Jean|last=Mayland|chapter=Pilgrimage to Priesthood and Beyond|location=Glasgow|publisher=Wild Goose|isbn= 1-901557-15-4|year=1999|page=33| accessdate= 1 February 2011 }}
2. ^{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bgrayg|Gordon Joseph "Cardinal" Gray|30 September 2010}}
3. ^Results www.scottishfa accessed 17 March 2013.
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/brora/|title=Brora Coalfield|publisher=Northern Mine Research Society|accessdate=2016-08-20}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=John Lennon crashes his car in Scotland|url=http://www.beatlesbible.com/1969/07/01/john-lennon-crashes-his-car-in-scotland/|work=The Beatles Bible|date=1969-07-01|accessdate=2013-10-24}}
6. ^Herald article.
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