1963 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1963 Events from the year 1963 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Michael Noble Law officers Lord Advocate – Ian Shearer, Lord Avonside Solicitor General for Scotland – David Colville Anderson 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.By the Forth & Clyde Canal (Extinguishment of Rights of Navigation) Act, March 1962. Jean Lindsay The Canals of Scotland Newton Abbot David & Charles 1968 0-7153-4240-1 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 Scottish 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,Executions in Scotland in the 20th century www.capitalpunishmentuk.org, accessed 30 March 2013. the last execution carried out in Scotland 7 November – Kinross and Western 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 ScotlandSolidac: An Early Minicomputer for Teaching Purposes Paul A. V. Thomas IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 15 4 79–83 1993 10.1109/85.238393 8073169 1058-6180 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 27 April – Brendan O'Hara, SNP politician 7 June – Ailsa McKay, economist and academic (died 2014) 23 June – Colin Montgomerie, golfer 6 September – Pat Nevin, international footballer 21 September – Angus Macfadyen, actor 4 November – Lena Zavaroni, entertainer (died 1999) 24 November – Neale Cooper, footballer and manager (died 2018) 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 Anya Gallaccio, installation artist Don Paterson, poet, writer and jazz musician Deaths 3 March – James Stevenson, Lord Stevenson, judge and 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 ElginLive: Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland www.beatlesbible.com, accessed 310 March 2013. English painter Norman Adams acquires a summer home on Scarp See also 1963 in Northern Ireland References Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1960s in Scotland Scotland