1968 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1968 Events from the year 1968 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland 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 15 January – 1968 Scotland storm ("Great Glasgow storm") leaves 20 dead across central Scotland including 9 in Glasgow.http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/o/5/Great_Glasgow_Storm_-_15_January_1968.pdf Monday 15 January 1968 Met Office 2013-03-23 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140227072049/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/o/5/Great_Glasgow_Storm_-_15_January_1968.pdf 27 February 2014 February – Upper Clyde Shipbuilders formed with 48.4% government holding by amalgamation of Fairfields, Govan; Alexander Stephen & Sons, Linthouse; John Brown & Company, Clydebank; Charles Connell and Company, Scotstoun; and Yarrow Shipbuilders. 1 April – Reporting Scotland, BBC Scotland's national television news programme, is broadcast for the first time. 14 May – Murder of Maxwell Garvie: Mariticide in Kincardineshire.http://www.scotsman.com/news/the-sins-of-my-mother-1-595767 The sins of my mother The Scotsman 2002-02-01 2014-03-17 18 May – Declaration of Perth: Conservative Party leader, Edward Heath proposes a directly elected Scottish Assembly.http://www.scotsman.com/news/four-decades-on-declaration-of-perth-is-still-fuelling-debate-1-1169195 Four decades on, Declaration of Perth is still fuelling debate The Scotsman 2014-02-26 2013-03-24 22 May – The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland permits the ordination of women as ministers.Ordination of women is approved The Times London 1968-05-23 3 57258 4 June – General Post Office introduces the first postbus in Scotland, Dunbar–Innerwick–Spott, East Lothian. 18 November – James Watt Street fire: A warehouse fire in Glasgow kills 22.James Watt Street Fire http://www.sunnygovan.com/PLACES/Places/JamesWattStreetFire.html SunnyGovan 2010-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100603202611/http://www.sunnygovan.com/PLACES/Places/JamesWattStreetFire.html 3 June 2010 dead Bluevale and Whitevale Towers, 298 ft (90.8 m) blocks of flats, completed in Glasgow. Births 31 January – John Collins, international footballer 4 March – Christina McKelvie, Scottish Government minister (died 2025) 16 March – David MacMillan, Scottish-born organic chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry 26 April – Daniela Nardini, actress 5 August – Colin McRae, rally driver (killed in helicopter accident 2007)Colin McRae https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/colin-mcrae-402610.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/colin-mcrae-402610.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 12 January 2018 17 September 2007 2 September – David Dinsmore, journalistBirthdays today: Salma Hayek https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/birthdays-today-salma-hayek-3lb8gzz355r 21 February 2014 The Times 2 September 2013 David Dinsmore, editor, The Sun, 45 6 September – Christopher Brookmyre, detective novelist 25 October – Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director of the Scottish Government 22 November – Sarah Smith, television and radio news reporter 23 November – Kirsty Young, television and radio presenter 28 December – Pauline Robertson, field hockey player Andrew O'Hagan, writer Frank Quitely (Vincent Deighan), comic book artist Deaths 17 February – Alexander Gray, economist, poet and translator (born 1882) 7 April – Jim Clark, racing car driver (born 1936; killed in motor racing accident) 12 September – Tommy Armour, golfer (born 1894) 13 November – Joe Corrie, miner, poet and playwright (born 1894) See also 1968 in Northern Ireland References Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1960s in Scotland Scotland