1958 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1958 Events from the year 1958 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – John Maclay Law officers Lord Advocate – William Rankine Milligan Solicitor General for Scotland – William Grant Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson Events 13 March – Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election results in a Labour gain from the Unionists May – nuclear development: Dounreay materials test reactor achieves criticality 3 May – Aberdeen Corporation Tramways cease to operate, leaving Glasgow as the only tram network in Scotland. (The latter would close four years later in 1962) 20 May – railway collision at Arklestone Junction, Paisley; 97 injuredAdrian Vaughan Obstruction Danger: significant British railway accidents, 1890-1986 Wellingborough Patrick Stephens Ltd 1989 159–64 7 June – Ian Donald publishes an article in The Lancet describing the diagnostic use of ultrasound in obstetrics as pioneered in Glasgowhttp://www.ob-ultrasound.net/lancet.html Ian Donald's paper in The Lancet in 1958 2008-01-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20080112010620/http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/lancet.html 2008-01-12 live 4 July – St Ninian's Isle Treasure discovered in Shetland by schoolboy Douglas Coutts 11 July – Peter Manuel hanged at HM Prison Barlinnie for at least seven murders 18 August – Regional postage stamps of Great Britain are first issued 1 September – First of the 'Cod Wars' between the UK and Iceland over fishing rights breaks out 15 September – British Railways railbuses introduced on Gleneagles–Crieff–Comrie linehttps://www.railcar.co.uk/type/ac-cars-railbus/scottish-arrival AC Cars Railbus Scottish Arrival Mackay Stuart www.railcar.co.uk en 2017-05-20 19 September – John Duncan Mackie is appointed Historiographer Royal October – Thurso High School opened 21 November – Construction of the Forth Road Bridge begins. It would open on 4 September 1964, following a ceremony by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of EdinburghNotable Dates in History http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2014-07-23 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm 2014-05-23 5 December – Subscriber trunk dialling (STD) is inaugurated on the UK telephone network when The Queen makes a call from Bristol to Edinburgh and speaks to the Lord Provosthttp://www.btplc.com/thegroup/BTsHistory/1912to1968/1958.htm Events in Telecommunications History – 1958 BT Archives 2014-07-23 7 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131007024036/http://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/BTsHistory/1912to1968/1958.htm dead 25 December – Christmas Day is a public holiday in Scotland for the first timeHouston Rab Houston Robert Allan Scotland: a very short introduction Oxford University Press 2008 Very short introductions 197 172 978-0-19-923079-2 https://books.google.com/books?id=PP8ahdq40P4C&q=Christmas+public+holiday+1958+scotland&pg=PT169 2012-02-29 Neolithic Tomb of the Eagles on South Ronaldsay in Orkney first explored by Ronald Simison Births 30 January – Derek White, rugby playerDerek Bolton White http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/9405.html ESPN scrum 18 January 2022 18 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220118221836/http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/9405.html dead 9 February – Sandy Lyle, golfer 22 February – Gordon Kennedy, actor 27 March – Peter Howson, figurative painter, war artist 14 April – Peter Capaldi, screen actor 25 April – Fish (Derek William Dick), neo-progressive rock singer 26 April – John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (John Bute or Johnny Dumfries), racing driver (died 2021) 3 June – Cameron Sharp, sprinter 17 May – Alan Rankine, musician and producer 2 August – Elaine C. Smith, comic actress 17 August – Fred Goodwin, banker 30 August – Muriel Gray, broadcaster 20 September – Maureen Baker, physician 27 September – Irvine Welsh, novelist, playwright and short story writer Christina McAnea, trade union leader Harry Ritchie, writer and journalist James Robertson, novelist Adrian Wiszniewski, figurative painter Deaths 8 January – Walter Elliot, Scottish Unionist Party MP (born 1888) 29 March – Sir William Burrell, shipowner and art collector (born 1861) 2 April – Mary Barbour, political activist, local councillor and magistrate (born 1875) 3 September – Norman Kemp Smith, philosopher (born 1872) 19 September – Sir John Dick-Lauder, 11th Baronet, soldier (born 1883 in British India) The arts 7 May – first broadcast of the BBC television variety show The White Heather Club which airs nationally until 1968 See also 1958 in Northern Ireland References Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1950s in Scotland Scotland