1964 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1964 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Michael Noble until 16 October; then Willie Ross

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Ian Shearer, Lord Avonside; then Gordon Stott
• Solicitor General for Scotland – David Colville Anderson; then 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

Events

• 11 January – Nationwide UK teenage girls' magazine Jackie is first published by DC Thomson of Dundee.^[1]
• 29 April – 1964 Aberdeen typhoid outbreak: All schools in Aberdeen are closed following 136 cases of typhoid being reported.
• 30 April – Breakthrough on 2.5miles tunnel under the Firth of Forth to link the colliery at Valleyfield, Fife, to the modern coal processing facilities at Kinneil colliery near Bo'ness.^{[2] [3] [4]}
• 14 May – Rutherglen by-election: Labour gains seat from the Conservatives.
• 20 May – 1964 Aberdeen typhoid outbreak begins.
• 23 June – University of Strathclyde chartered.^[5]
• 4 September – The Forth Road Bridge opens across the Firth of Forth, connecting Fife and Edinburgh.
• 22 September – Hunterston A nuclear power station opens.
• 15 October – United Kingdom general election: Labour defeats Sir Alec Douglas-Home's Conservatives^[6] and the Unionist Party in Scotland loses eight seats.
• 20 November – The first part of the M8 motorway between Glasgow and Edinburgh is opened.
• HMNB Clyde established by the Royal Navy at Faslane on the Gare Loch.
• William Grant & Sons first market their Glenfiddich distillery Speyside single malt whisky in bottles internationally.

Births

• 2 January – Michael McCann, lawyer and politician
• 29 January – Roddy Frame, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2 February – Susan Deacon, Labour politician and MSP (1999–2007)
• 12 February – Stephen Carter, businessman and politician
• 19 February – Jim McInally, international footballer and manager
• 7 March – Tommy Sheridan, socialist politician and MSP (1999–2007)
• 13 April – John Swinney, Scottish National Party leader and government minister
• 18 April – Niall Ferguson, historian
• 24 May – Liz McColgan, athlete
• 31 May – Billy Davies, footballer and manager
• 27 June – Shona Marshall, sport shooter^[7]
• 1 August – Fiona Hyslop, Scottish National Party MSP (1999–) and government minister
• 9 September – John Hughes, footballer and manager
• 4 October – Yvonne Murray, middle- and long-distance runner^[8]
• 8 October – James Grant, new wave singer-songwriter
• 13 November – Paul McBride, criminal lawyer (died 2012)
• 11 December – Justin Currie, singer-songwriter
• 25 December – Gary McAllister, international footballer, manager and coach
• Dorothy Bain, Lord Advocate
• Stephen Conroy, painter
• Aminatta Forna, novelist
• Jim Lambie, installation artist
• Gillian Reid, chemist
• Alan Warner, novelist

Deaths

• 31 May – Nikolai Orlov, classical pianist (born 1892 in Russia)
• 21 July – John White, international footballer (born 1937)
• 25 September – Robert Wilson, tenor (born 1907)
• 3 December – Dot Allan, writer (born 1886)^[9]
• 11 December – Charles Donaldson, Conservative politician (born 1903)
• 31 December – Ronald Fairbairn, psychoanalyst (born 1889)

The arts

• 15 December – Peter Watkins' docudrama Culloden is broadcast on BBC Television.

See also

• 1964 in Northern Ireland
• 1964 in Wales

Notes and References

1. Book: McRobbie, Angela. Feminism and Youth Culture: from "Jackie" to "Just Seventeen". Basingstoke. Macmillan. 1991. 978-0-333-45263-9.
2. The tunnel is closed and sealed in the 1980s. News: Dick. Sandra. Tunnel under Forth that linked Lothians to Fife. 2017-08-28. Edinburgh Evening News. 2014-05-13.
3. News: Kelly. John. Crossing the Forth without the Forth Bridge. BBC. 2017-08-28. 2015-03-04.
4. News: Scotland's secret tunnel under the Forth, 50 years old and forgotten. Fraser. MacDonald. The Guardian. London. 2014-04-30. 2017-08-28.
5. News: Scottish University Charter Approved. The Times. London. 1964-06-24. 7. 56046.
6. Web site: 1964 General election results summary. UK Political Info. 2014-08-29.
7. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Shona Marshall Profile . g2014results.thecgf.com . 24 August 2022.
8. Web site: Olympedia – Yvonne Murray . www.olympedia.org . 18 July 2021.
9. Book: Ewan . Elizabeth L. . Innes . Sue . Reynolds . Sian . Pipes . Rose . Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen . 2007 . Edinburgh University Press . 978-0-7486-2660-1 . 10 . en.