1960 in Scotland
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{{Year in Scotland| 1960 }}
Events from the year 1960 in Scotland.
Incumbents
{{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}}
= Law officers =
- Lord Advocate – William Rankine Milligan; then William Grant
- Solicitor General for Scotland – William Grant until May; then David Colville Anderson
= Judiciary =
Events
- 16 January – the last regular ship on the Cork–Glasgow crossing runs, ending a 103-year-old service.
- 2 March – Elvis Presley stops off at Glasgow Prestwick Airport for a few hours on his journey home to the United States after doing military service in West Germany. This is notable for being the only time he ever visits the UK.{{cite web|title=1960 - Elvis Presley stops off at Prestwick|url=http://digital.nls.uk/scotlandspages/timeline/1960.html|publisher=National Library of Scotland|access-date=2014-02-25}} His ancestor, blacksmith Andrew Presley, migrated from Lonmay to North Carolina in 1745.{{cite web|title=Elvis roots 'lead to Scotland'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3559331.stm|work=BBC News|date=2014-03-23|access-date=2014-04-22}}
- 14 March – Jock Stein is appointed manager of Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
- 28 March – Cheapside Street Whisky Bond Fire in Glasgow: 19 firemen killed in Britain's worst peacetime fire services disaster.{{cite web|title=Chronology of Scottish History|work=A Timeline of Scottish History|publisher=Rampant Scotland|url=http://www.rampantscotland.com/timeline/2000.htm|access-date=2014-02-25}}
- 18 May – 1960 European Cup Final at Hampden Park, Glasgow: Real Madrid C.F. defeat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3,{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2317064/The-greatest-matches-of-all-time.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=The greatest matches of all time|date=2007-07-04|access-date=2013-02-25|location=London}} Rangers F.C. having been knocked out by Frankfurt in the semi-finals.
- 21 June – the Royal Highland Show opens for the first time at its permanent site, the Royal Highland Showground at Ingliston in the Lowlands.
- August – murder of the Little Ross lighthouse keeper.{{cite web|title=The Ross Island Lighthouse Murder|first=David R.|last=Collin|work=Kirkcudbright Community Website|year=2010|url=http://www.kirkcudbright.com/dynamic.asp?ID=66|access-date=2014-02-25}}
- 7 September – North Ford Causeway opened, connecting North Uist and Benbecula via Grimsay (5 miles (8 km)), completing an all-weather road link between North and South Uist.{{cite web|title=North Ford Causeway|url=http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/techservices/bridgescausewaysferries/northford.asp|location=Stornoway|publisher=Comhairle nan Eilean Siar|date=2013-08-29|access-date=2014-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227173251/http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/techservices/bridgescausewaysferries/northford.asp|archive-date=27 February 2014|url-status=dead}}
- October – Queen's Bridge in Perth opened.
- 30 October – Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplantation in the UK, at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
- 5 November – Glasgow area suburban train services electrified.
- 24 December – The rebuilt Barrowland Ballroom reopens in Glasgow.
- Seafield Colliery at Kirkcaldy opens.{{cite web |title=100 Weeks of Scotland: Coal industry |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/100-weeks-scotland-coal-industry-1542255 |website=www.scotsman.com |access-date=29 March 2020 |language=en}}
- Little Houses Improvement Scheme launched by the National Trust for Scotland to promote conservation of vernacular architecture.{{cite web|title=A History of the Little Houses Improvement Scheme|url=http://www.nts.org.uk/conserve/buildings_history.php|publisher=National Trust for Scotland|access-date=2014-02-25}}
Births
- 7 February – Steve Bronski, born Steve Forrest, synth-pop keyboardist (died 2021)
- 11 February – Momus, born Nicholas Currie, songwriter
- February – Lesley Riddoch, political journalist and broadcaster
- 10 March – Anne MacKenzie, broadcast journalist
- 23 March – Nicol Stephen, Liberal Democrat MSP, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats (2005-2008) and Deputy First Minister of Scotland (2005-2007)
- 3 April – Shona McIsaac, Labour politician{{cite book |last1=Dale |first1=Iain |last2=Smith |first2=Jacqui |title=The Honourable Ladies: Volume II: Profiles of Women MPs 1997–2019 |date=14 November 2019 |publisher=Biteback Publishing |isbn=978-1-78590-447-9 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9a8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT164 |language=en}}
- 28 April – Ian Rankin, crime novelist
- 5 May – David Nish, businessman
- 19 June – Paul Coia, television presenter
- 24 June – Elish Angiolini, née McPhilomy, Solicitor General for Scotland (2001-2006) and Lord Advocate (2006-2011)
- 30 June – Jack McConnell, First Minister of Scotland (2001-2007)
- 20 August – Annabelle Ewing, Nationalist politician and lawyer
- 10 September – Margaret Ferrier, Scottish National Party politician{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160524030924/http://myparliament.info/Member/4386 MyParliament – Biography for Margaret Ferrier]}}
- 26 September – Stephen Kerr, Conservative politician
- 6 October – Richard Jobson, rock singer-songwriter (Skids), filmmaker and television presenter
- 12 December – Benny Higgins, banker
- 22 December – Elvis McGonagall, born Richard Smith, slam poet
- Katrina Porteous, poet
Deaths
- 11 January – Isabel Emslie Hutton, nurse in Serbia during World War I and psychiatrist (born 1887)
- 15 August – Rachel Annand Taylor, poet (born 1876)
- 17 August – Calum Maclean, folklorist (born 1915)
- 24 August – Charlotte Ainslie, educationalist and headmistress (born 1863){{cite book |editor1-last=Ewan |editor1-first=Elizabeth |editor2-last=Pipes |editor2-first=Rose |editor3-last=Rendall |editor3-first=Jane |editor4-last=Reynolds |editor4-first=Siân |title=The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women |year=2018 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=9781474436281 |page=8}}
- 21 October – Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, "Red Duchess", Scottish politician and humanitarian (born 1874)
- 13 December – Dora Marsden, radical feminist and modernist literary editor (born 1882)
The arts
- 20–28 May – The Beatles, as the Silver Beetles (uncredited), play their first ever tour, as a backing group for Johnny Gentle on a tour of Scotland opening at Alloa Town Hall and ending at Peterhead.{{cite web|title=Tours & Performances|url=http://www.johnnygentle.co.uk/tours.htm|work=The Official Johnny Gentle Website|year=2003|access-date=2014-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528232705/http://www.johnnygentle.co.uk/tours.htm|archive-date=28 May 2015|url-status=dead}} The lineup comprises John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Edinburgh-born Stuart Sutcliffe and Tommy Moore.
- 10 August – The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art opens at Inverleith House in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.{{cite news|title=Scotland's New Gallery: Modern Painting and Sculpture|newspaper=The Times|location=London|date=1960-08-05|page=11|issue=54842}}
- August – Sydney Goodsir Smith's verse play The Wallace ("a Triumph in Five Acts") has its stage première at the Edinburgh Festival in the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland.
- Autumn – release of Andy Stewart's recordings of "A Scottish Soldier" and "Donald Where's Your Troosers?"{{cite web|title=A Scottish Soldier|url=http://www.andystewart.info/soldier/index.shtml|work=Andy Stewart: An Illustrated Record|access-date=2014-05-09}}
- Donald Sutherland acts at the Perth Repertory Theatre,{{cite web|last=Strachan|first=Graeme|date=2024-06-20|title=How Donald Sutherland became a Hollywood movie icon after Perth Rep snub|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/3100586/donald-sutherland-perth-rep-hunger-games/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813220927/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/3100586/donald-sutherland-perth-rep-hunger-games/|archive-date=2022-08-13|access-date=2024-06-21|work=The Courier|location=Dundee}} working alongside Michael Sheard.