1956 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1956 Events from the year 1956 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – James Stuart 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 7 March – The first floodlit Scottish Football League match is played at Ibrox Park in Glasgow; home team Rangers F.C. beat Queen of the South 8–0.The Flag in the Wind Notable Dates in History The Scots Independent http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm 2014-07-16 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm 23 May 2014 1 June – Elsie Stephenson becomes founding director of the Nurse Teaching Unit, University of Edinburgh, the first nurse teaching unit within a British university. 4 July – The National Library of Scotland's first purpose-built premises are opened on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh.Bute Collection for Scotland: Library Opening by The Queen The Times 1956-07-05 12 53575 29 July – the Ecurie Ecosse motor racing team, Ninian Sanderson and Ron Flockhart, win the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans race. 14 August – death of John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute (born 1904); he bequeaths the uninhabited islands of St Kilda to the National Trust for Scotland as a bird sanctuary. 25 September – the TAT-1 transatlantic telephone cable between the UK and North America is inaugurated;Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 it comes ashore near Oban. 4 October – Prince's Cairn unveiled at Loch nan Uamh to mark the spot where Charles Edward Stuart left Scotland in 1746 after failure of the Jacobite rising of 1745.The Loch of the Caves http://www.1745association.org.uk/Loch%20Nan%20Uamh.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20060621054433/http://www.1745association.org.uk/Loch%20Nan%20Uamh.htm dead 21 June 2006 2014-07-16 20 October – Dundee Corporation Tramways last operate. 16 November – Edinburgh Corporation Tramways last operate. Trams return to Edinburgh after much delay on 31 May 2014. 2 December – in the 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne, Richard McTaggart of Dundee wins a gold medal in lightweight boxing. 10 December – Thurso life-boat destroyed when its boathouse is burnt out. The Scottish Medical Journal is first published in Edinburgh following merger of the Edinburgh Medical Journal and The Glasgow Medical Journal. Births 7 January – Ian Bell, journalist (died 2015) 11 January – Phyllis Logan, actress 12 January – Myra McFadyen, actress (died 2024) 22 February – Philip Kerr, writer (died 2018) 25 February – Davie Cooper, footballer (died 1995) 19 April – Anne Glover, biologist 7 May – Calum MacDonald, Labour MP 2 June – Susan Rae, radio newsreader 22 June - Derek Forbes, Musician 7 September – Robert Reed, judge, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 26 September – Mick Imlah, poet (died 2009 in England) 3 November – Cathy Jamieson, Labour MP 29 December – Fred MacAulay, comedian Lachlan Mackinnon, poet and critic Deaths 11 January – Buchanan Sharp, footballer (born 1894) 30 May – Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet, Conservative politician and philanthropist (born 1866) 21 September – Bill Struth, football manager (born 1876) 6 December – Helen Duncan, medium (born 1897) See also 1956 in Northern Ireland References Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1950s in Scotland Scotland