1950 in Scotland

none January 2015 January 2015 1950 Events from the year 1950 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Arthur Woodburn until 28 February; then Hector McNeil Law officers Lord Advocate – John Thomas Wheatley Solicitor General for Scotland – Douglas Johnston Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Cooper Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Thomson Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson Events 14 February – first shipment of coal from Argyll Colliery (drift mine) in the reopened Machrihanish Coalfield to Belfast.Campbeltown Courier 1950-02-16. 21 February – Clydebank-built Cunard liner Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career. August – first official Edinburgh Military Tattoo staged at Edinburgh Castle as part of the Edinburgh Festival. 22 August – 54-year-old William "Ned" Barnie becomes the first Scot to swim the English Channel, going on to complete 3 crossings.Notable Dates in History http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2014-07-11 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm 23 May 2014 8 September – Knockshinnoch disaster: 116 miners are trapped underground in a landslide at Knockshinnoch Castle colliery at New Cumnock in Ayrshire.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/8/newsid_2995000/2995048.stm Miners trapped underground by landslide BBC News 2008-01-29 8 September 1950 https://web.archive.org/web/20080307121117/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/8/newsid_2995000/2995048.stm 7 March 2008 live 9 September – first miners are rescued from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery. 11 September – rescue operation from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery is completed, with all 116 miners saved. 18 October – the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme is inaugurated.Newsreel footage of opening ceremony. 25 December – the Stone of Scone, the traditional coronation stone of Scottish monarchs, English monarchs and more recently British monarchs, is removed from London's Westminster Abbey by a group of four Scottish students led by Ian Hamilton, a future advocate, and taken to Scotland. St. Margaret's Hospice in Clydebank, the first modern hospice in Scotland, is begun by the Sisters of Charity.History http://www.smh.org.uk/history/ St Margaret of Scotland Hospice 2014-09-04 Births 5 January – William Sweeney, composer 21 January – Seona Reid, arts administrator 27 February – Annabel MacNicoll Goldie, Baroness Goldie, leader of Scottish Conservatives 2005-2011 and Life peer 10 March – Ted McKenna, rock drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) (died 2019) 22 March – Jocky Wilson, darts player (died 2012) 30 March – Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian (died 2022)Robbie Coltrane obituary https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/14/robbie-coltrane-obituary the Guardian 15 October 2022 en 14 October 2022 31 March – William Blair, judge and financial lawyer 26 April – Sir Nairn Hutchison Fulton Wilson, dentistry professor 1 May – Malcolm James Mackenzie, footballer 6 May – Robbie McIntosh, funk drummer (Average White Band) (died 1974) 9 May – Murray Elder, politician (died 2023) 12 May – Helena Kennedy, lawyer 27 May – Alex Gray, crime novelist 8 June – Ann Marie Di Mambro, playwright and screenwriter 16 June – Alistair Moffat, cultural figure 20 June – Rita Rae, Lady Rae, judge 21 June – Enn Reitel, actor 23 July – Stewart Milne, businessman 8 September – Ian Davidson, politician 18 September – Jock McFadyen, painter 29 October – James Dillon, composer 7 November – Lindsay Duncan, actress 3 December – Angus Glennie, Lord Glennie, judge Brian Whittingham, writer, editor and lecturer on creative writing (died 2022) Deaths 15 January – George Livingstone, footballer (born 1876) 26 February – Harry Lauder, entertainer (born 1870) 17 March – Adam McKinlay, Labour politician (born 1887) 30 March – Joe Yule, comedian and actor (born 1892) 9 May – Charles Alexander Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (born 1855) 10 August – James Drever, psychologist (born 1873)The Scottish Educational Journal https://books.google.com/books?id=MK_lAAAAMAAJ 1950 Educational Institute of Scotland 536 14 September – Alexander Livingstone, Liberal politician (born 1880) See also 1950 in Northern Ireland References Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1950s in Scotland Scotland