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1956 in Scotland 
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Events from the year 1956 in Scotland.
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| See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1956 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1955–56 • 1956–57 1956 in Scottish television | ||||
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- 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.[1]
- 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.[2]
- 29 July – the Ecurie Ecosse motor racing team, Ninian Sanderson and Ron Flockhart, win the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans race.[1]
- 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;[3] 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.[4]
- 20 October – Dundee Corporation Tramways last operate.[1]
- 16 November – Edinburgh Corporation Tramways last operate. Trams return to Edinburgh after much delay on 31 May 2014.[1]
- 2 December – in the 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne, Richard McTaggart of Dundee wins a gold medal in lightweight boxing.[1]
- 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 edit
- 7 January – Ian Bell, journalist (died 2015)
- 11 January – Phyllis Logan, actress
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Bute Collection for Scotland: Library Opening by The Queen". The Times. No. 53575. 5 July 1956. p. 12.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ "The Loch of the Caves". Archived from the original on 21 June 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2014.