1942 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1942 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1941–42 • 1942–43 |
Events from the year 1942 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Normand
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Cooper
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court — Lord Gibson
Events
- 19 January — A Catalina flying boat crashes on the hill above Burravoe on Yell, Shetland, killing seven of her ten passengers.[1]
- 15 May — RMS Queen Mary arrives at Greenock with nearly 10,000 U.S. troops aboard.[2]
- July — Military scientists begin testing of anthrax as a biological warfare agent on Gruinard Island.[3]
- 25 August — Prince George, Duke of Kent, brother of George VI, is killed in an air crash near Caithness.
- South Ford Bridge completed, connecting Benbecula to South Uist.[4]
- Monach Islands deserted. Lighthouse on Shillay unlit.[5]
Births
- 24 January — Sheila Mullen, painter
- 21 February — Magnus Linklater, journalist
- 22 February — John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard, diplomat
- 12 April — Bill Bryden, theatre director
- 8 May — Norman Lamont, Conservative politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
- May 24 — Fraser Stoddart, Scottish-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 7 June — Aonghas MacNeacail, Gaelic poet
- 8 August — Dennis Canavan, politician
- 23 October — Douglas Dunn, poet and academic
- 24 November — Billy Connolly, comedian
- 9 December — Billy Bremner, international footballer (died 1997)
- 10 December — Ann Gloag, born Ann Souter, entrepreneur
Deaths
- 10 August — Bob Kelso, footballer (born 1865)
- 4 December — Hugh Malcolm, Royal Air Force officer, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1917; killed in action over Tunisia)
The Arts
- Ena Lamont Stewart's first play, the one-act Distinguished Company, is presented by the MSU Repertory Theatre in Rutherglen.
See also
References
- ↑ Penrith, James; Penrith, Deborah (2007). Orkney & Shetland. The Scottish Islands (3rd ed.). Richmond, London: Crimson Publishing. ISBN 9781854583710.
- ↑ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
- ↑ "Britain's 'Anthrax Island'". BBC. 2001-07-25. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- ↑ "South Ford Causeway". Stornoway: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ↑ "Monach". Lighhouse Library. Edinburgh: Northern Lighthouse Board. 2009. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
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