1965 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1965 Events from the year 1965 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 – Gordon Stott Solicitor General for Scotland – Henry Wilson 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 until 12 April; then Lord Birsay 18339 6 April 1965 243 e Events March – Cables Wynd House ("Banana Flats") completed in Leith.Cables Wynd House http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB52403 Historic Environment Scotland 2017-01-30 2017-02-02 24 March – Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles by-election: David Steel (Liberal) gains the seat from the Conservatives. 12 April – Harald Leslie becomes Chairman of the Scottish Land Court, with the judicial title Lord Birsay. He replaces Lord Gibson. 15 June – Law Commissions Act 1965, establishing the Scottish Law Commission, receives royal assent. August – Union Canal officially closed to navigation.Jean Jean The Canals of Scotland Newton Abbot David & Charles 1968 0-7153-4240-1 5 August – the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 receives royal assent. 11 August – first edition of The Celtic View, the official weekly magazine of Celtic F.C. in Glasgow, is published. 20 August – Cassius Clay fights an exhibition bout at the Ice Rink, Paisley.King Ali of Paisley The Scotsman http://www.scotsman.com/sport/more-sport/boxing/king-ali-of-paisley-1-1403078 2014-05-07 6 September – Edinburgh Princes Street railway station is officially closed.Butt R. V. J. 1995 The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present Sparkford Patrick Stephens Ltd 1-8526-0508-1 15 October – the Cruachan Dam pumped-storage hydroelectricity scheme at Ben Cruachan near Oban opens. 8 November – the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act suspends capital punishment for murder in England, Scotland and Wales, for five years in the first instance, replacing it with a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. November – Harthill Bypass opened, first section of the M8 motorway and the first substantive section of motorway in Scotland. The Unionist Party in Scotland is renamed the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and constitutionally comes under the control of the London-based Conservative Party. Construction of the town of Dalgety Bay begins. Highlands and Islands Development Board formed. Corpach pulp and paper mills open.Kilmallie timeline Kilmallie Community Council http://www.kilmallie.org.uk/about-kilmallie/kilmallie-timeline/ 2014-08-08 Births 18 January – Paul Flexney, footballer 20 January – Colin Calderwood, international footballer and coach 22 January – Brian McCardie, actor 27 January – Alan Cumming, actor 6 February – Simone Lahbib, actress 11 February – Keith Cochrane, businessman 14 February – Ian Spittal, footballer 16 February – Ally Maxwell, footballer and coach 22 February – John Leslie (born John Leslie Stott), television presenter 5 March – Carolyn Leckie, Scottish Socialist Party MSP (2003–2007) 8 March – Paul Martin, footballer and manager 20 March – William Dalrymple, historian 22 March – Rob Wainwright, international rugby union footballer 23 March – Marti Pellow (born Mark McLachlan), singer 26 March – Pat McFadden, Labour MP (Wolverhampton 2005– ) 6 April – Andy Walker, footballer and TV pundit 11 April – Lynn Ferguson, writer, actress, comedian and presenter 25 April – Ally Dick, footballer 16 May – Stuart Millar, football player and manager 17 May – Keith Wright, international footballer 24 May – Brian Irvine, international footballer 28 May – Vic Kasule, footballer 5 June – Allan Guthrie, literary agent, author and editor of crime fiction 19 June – A. B. Jackson, poet 22 June – Jimmy Sandison, footballer 3 July – Tommy Flanagan, actor 9 July – David O'Hara, actor 12 July – Eric Cullen, actor (died 1996) 15 July – Alistair Carmichael, Liberal Democrat politician and Secretary of State for Scotland 19 July – Evelyn Glennie, virtuosa percussionist 24 July – Julie Graham, actress 26 July – Hamish Clark, actor 11 August – Robert Fleck, international footballer and manager 30 August – Peter Grant, international footballer and manager 5 September – Murdo Fraser, Conservative MSP (2001– ) 11 September: Robert Docherty, footballer Graeme Obree, racing cyclist 14 September – Paul McFadden, footballer 27 September – Rhona Cameron, comedian 14 October – Sandy Stewart, footballer and manager 20 October – Norman Blake, singer, instrumentalist and songwriter 22 October – A. L. Kennedy, fiction writer 29 October – Paul Stewart, racing driver 12 November – Eddie Mair, radio and television presenter 19 November – Douglas Henshall, actor 24 November – Shirley Henderson, actress 25 November – Dougray Scott, actor 28 November – Caroline Paterson, actress 11 December – Alison Watt, painter 13 December – Hugh Burns, footballer 20 December – Robert Cavanah, actor, writer, director and producer 21 December – Stuart Mitchell, pianist and composer 31 December – Mike Conroy, footballer Unknown Anne Bevan, visual artist, sculptor and lecturer Christine Borland, sculptor Patricia Littlechild, sport shooter and neurosurgeonScottish Smallbore Rifle Association https://www.ssra.co.uk/hall-of-fame/littlechildp.htm www.ssra.co.uk 30 April 2020 Susan Philipsz, sound artist Deaths 7 January – Anne Redpath, domestic painter (born 1895) 1 February – Robert Spence, Labour MP 14 February – David Ferguson Hunter, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1891) 30 April – James William Slessor Marr, marine biologist and polar explorer (born 1902) 17 March – Walter Potter Ritchie, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1892) 31 March – Gerard Crole, international rugby union and cricket player (born 1894) 9 April – Robert Gibson, Lord Gibson, lawyer and Labour MP 9 May – Hugh O'Donnell, footballer (born 1913) 16 July – William Reid, Scottish Labour Party Member of Parliament from 1950 to 1964 (born 1889) 2 August – John Carmont, High Court Judge (born 1890) 12 August – Willie Gallacher, trade unionist, activist and communist MP (born 1881) 5 September – Tom Johnston, Labour MP, government minister and chairman of North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (born 1881) 8 October – James Nelson, international footballer (born 1901) 20 October – William Thomas Shaw, Unionist Party MP (born 1879) The arts George Mackay Brown's poetry The Year of the Whale is published. The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts opens the Kelly Gallery. 31 December – "Pirate" radio station Radio Scotland begins broadcasting from LV Comet anchored outside U.K. territorial waters off Dunbar. See also 1965 in Northern Ireland References 1965 Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1960s in Scotland Scotland