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2011 Event - Rioting takes place in English cities including Manchester, liverpool, Salford, Birmingham and Nottingham; police from Scotland are called in to help

2010 Event - A Southampton University research fellow discovers a lost Antonio Vivaldi flute concerto at the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh

2010 Event - Plans are made for original, handwritten Harry Potter manuscripts to be displayed at Scotland's Wigtown Book Festival

2006 Death - Eileen Caddy, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries, dies at age 89 in Findhorn, Scotland

2006 Event - Smoking is banned in restaurants and bars in Scotland

1997 Event - Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly"

1995 Event - 124th British Golf Open: John Daly shoots a 282 at St. Andrews Scotland

1994 Event - 123rd British Golf Open: Nick Price shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland

1994 Event - Chinook helicopter crashes in North Scotland, 29 killed

1992 Event - 2nd Solheim Cup: Europe beats U.S., 11 -6 at Dalmahoy CC Scotland

1991 Event - 21st New York City Women's Marathon won by Liz McColgan of Scotland in 2:27

1990 Event - 119th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots 270 at St. Andrews Scotland

1988 Event - New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die

1977 Event - 106th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland

1974 Birthday - David Barnard, WLAF defensive tackle for the Scotland Claymores

1973 Event - Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 yr cycle tour (799,405 miles)

1973 Birthday - Mark Hartsell, WLAF quarterback for the Scotland Claymores

1973 Birthday - Brad Keeney, WLAF defensive tackle for the Scotland Claymores

1973 Event - 20th Ryder Cup: U.S., 19-13 at Muirfield, Scotland

1973 Death - John Ford, U.S. director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78

1973 Birthday - Jeff Smith, NFL/WLAF corner, Scotland Claymores/Kansas City Chiefs

1973 Birthday - Troy Bailey, WLAF DE, Scotland Claymores

1973 Birthday - Demetrice Martin, WLAF cornerback for the Scotland Claymores

1973 Birthday - Fredric Ford, WLAF CB for the Scotland Claymores/NFL cornerback, Eagles

1972 Birthday - Eric Unverzagt, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Sea Seahawks, Scotland Claymores

1972 Birthday - Spence Fischer, WLAF quarterback for the Scotland Claymores

1972 Birthday - Larry Williams, WLAF defensive tackle for the Scotland Claymores

1972 Birthday - Cornell Thomas, WLAF DE for the Scotland Claymores

1972 Birthday - Cedric Saunders, NFL tight end, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scotland Claymores

1972 Birthday - Steven Branscombe, WLAF WR for the Scotland Claymores

1972 Birthday - Dave Barr, WLAF quarterback for the Scotland Claymores

1972 Birthday - Mikhail Sloutsky, WLAF LB for the Scotland Claymores

1972 Birthday - Steve Papin, WLAF running back for the Scotland Claymores

1971 Birthday - Rickey Brady, WLAF TE for the Scotland Claymores

1971 Birthday - Ron Florine, NFL/WLAF tackle, Kansas City Chiefs, Scotland Claymores

1971 Birthday - Gail Porter, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, television presenter, known for program 'The Big Breakfast' and 'Top of the Pops', modeled for 'FHM' magazine

1971 Birthday - James Logan, WLAF linebacker for the Scotland Claymores

1971 Birthday - Eric Smith, NFL/WLAF wide receiver, Chicago Bears, Scotland Claymores

1971 Event - A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66

1970 Birthday - Charles Swann, WLAF cornerback for the Scotland Claymores

1970 Birthday - Jaime Fields, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs, Scotland Claymores

1970 Birthday - Andrew Coltart, Dumfries Scotland, Australasia golfer

1970 Birthday - Allen DeGraffenreid, WLAF wide receiver for the Scotland Claymores

1970 Event - John Lennon pays 1,344 pounds fine for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland

1970 Birthday - Nachi Abe, WLAF tight end for the Scotland Claymores

1969 Birthday - Doug Terry, NFL/WLAF safety, Kansas City Chiefs, Scotland Claymores

1969 Birthday - Catriona Matthew, Edinburgh Scotland, golfer, 1995 British Open-12th

1969 Birthday - James Fuller, NFL/WLAF safety, N O Saints, Frankfurt Galaxy, Scotland

1969 Birthday - Kevin Scott, WLAF cornerback for the Scotland Claymores

1969 Birthday - Craig Logan, born in Scotland, rock bassist, Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey

1969 Birthday - Wayne Lammle, WLAF kicker and punter for the Scotland Claymores

1968 Event - 97th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 289 at Carnoustie Scotland

1968 Death - Jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car

1968 Birthday - Kari Gronroos, WLAF kicker for the Scotland Claymores

1967 Event - British liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at Clydebank, Scotland

1967 Event - Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air

1967 Birthday - Kathryn Marshall, born in Dundee, Scotland, LPGA golfer, 1995 Jamie Farr

1966 Birthday - Shirley Manson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actress, musician, keyboardist, lead singer, Garbage rock band, also performed with Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

1966 Birthday - Julie Forbes, born in Torphins, Scotland, golfer, Aberdeenshire champ 1989

1966 Birthday - Gary Parker, WLAF kicker, Scotland Claymores

1965 Birthday - Alan Cumming, born in Aberfeldy, Scotland, actor, director, author, played Boris Ivanovich Grishenko in 'GoldenEye' James Bond film

1964 Birthday - Pamela Wright, born in Scotland, LPGA golfer, 1995 Jamie Farr Toledo-3rd

1963 Birthday - Steve Smith, born in Glasgow, Scotland, NHL defenseman, Chicago Blackhawks

1961 Birthday - Susan Boyle, born in Blackburn, Scotland, Scottish singer, gained international attention, audience ovation, on television contest, Britain's Got Talent with Les Miserables song, 'I Dreamed a Dream', and 'Cry Me a River', plain appearance contrasts with her powerful voice

1961 Birthday - Rory Bremner, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, impressionist, political satirist, comedian, appeared on Channel 4 with 'Rory Bremner, Who Else?', host of award-winning show, 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune'

1961 Birthday - Debbie Linden, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, Kenny Everett Show

1960 Event - Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland)

1959 Birthday - Jim Kerr, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rock vocalist, Simple Minds

1959 Birthday - Mel Gaynor, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rock drummer, Simple Minds-Water Front

1959 Birthday - Sheena Easton, born in Glasgow, Scotland, singer, Sugar Walls

1959 Birthday - Billy Rankin, Glasgow, Scotland, rocker

1959 Birthday - Angus Young, born in Glascow, Scotland, rock guitarist, AC/DC-Highway to Hell

1959 Birthday - Dale Reid, born in Ladybank Scotland, LPGA golfer, European Solheim Cup team

1958 Event - Great Britain issues regional stamps for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

1958 Birthday - Sandy Lyle, born in Shrewsbury, professional golfer, represented Scotland, won The Open Championship at Sandwich, 1985, wrote book 'To The Fairway Born'

1957 Birthday - Ian Buchanan, Scotland, actor, General Hospital, Gary Shandling Show

1957 Birthday - Gordon Strachan, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, professional soccer player, played for Dundee, Leeds United, Coventry City, Manchester United, manager of Celtic and Middlesbrough

1956 Birthday - Brian Robertson, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy

1956 Birthday - Davie Cooper, born in Hamilton, Scotland, David 'Davie' Cooper, professional soccer player, signed by Ranger for 100,000 pounds, won Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1991

1955 Birthday - Andy Gray, born in Glasgow, Scotland, professional soccer player, striker, pundit for ESPN, Sky Sports

1955 Birthday - Eric Faulkner, Edinburgh Scotland, rock guitarist, Bay City Rollers

1955 Birthday - Alan Hansen, born in Sauchie, Scotland, professional football player, television pundit, played for Liverpool, Scottish national team, and Patrick Thistle

1955 Birthday - Nigel Griffiths, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor party, Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South

1954 Birthday - Annie Lennox, Aberdeen, Scotland, vocalist, Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams, Why

1953 Birthday - Jimmy McCulloch, born in Glasgow, Scotland, guitarist, hard rock genre, played lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977, member of band One in a Million

1953 Birthday - Colin Hay, born in Scotland, rock vocalist, Men At Work

1953 Birthday - Alan Longmuir, Edinburgh Scotland, rocker, Bay City Rollers

1953 Event - "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die

1953 Birthday - Malcolm Young, born in Glasgow, Scotland, guitarist, AC/DC-Highway to Hell

1952 Birthday - Gordon McQueen, born in Kilbirnie, Scotland, footballer, soccer player, central defender, coach, played for Manchester United and Leeds, led team to win FA Cup Final, 1979, coached Airdrieonians, manager for Middleborough, pundit for Sky Sports

1952 Birthday - Oliver Knussen, born in Glasgow, Scotland, composer, Chicara

1952 Birthday - David Byrne, Dumbarton Scotland, rock guitarist/singer, Talking Heads

1952 Birthday - Derek Longmuir, born in Edinburgh Scotland, rock drummer, Bay City Rollers

1951 Birthday - Joe Jordan, born in Carluke, Scotland, professional soccer player, the only soccer player to score in three World Cups in 1974, 1978 and 1982

1951 Event - Hugo Yarnold stumps 6 at Dundee, Worcester vs. Scotland

1951 Birthday - David Whitton, born in Scotland, politician, Labor party, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden

1951 Birthday - Ian McCartney, born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, British politician, Member of Parliament for Makerfield

1951 Birthday - Gordon Brown, born in Govan, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, former television journalist

1951 Birthday - Gordon Prentice, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, serves as Member of Parliament for Pendle, joined Graham Stringer in calling for resignation of Gordon Brown in July, 2008

1950 Event - Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland

1949 Event - Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland

1949 Birthday - Hamish Stuart, Scotland, guitarist/singer, Average White Band

1949 Birthday - Ian Charleson, Edinburgh Scotland, actor, Gandhi, Chariots of Fire

1949 Birthday - James Sempill, born in Scotland, born James William Stuart Whitemore Sempill, Lord Sempill, 21st Lord Sempill, Peerage of Scotland, created in 1489 for Sir John Sempill

1948 Birthday - Lulu, born in Glasgow, Scotland, singer and actress, To Sir With Love

1948 Event - Dutch Constellation crashes at Prestwick Scotland (40 murder)

1948 Birthday - Brian Connolly, Scotland, rocker, Sweet

1948 Birthday - Barbara Dickson, born in Dunfermline, Scotland, singer, actress, won two, Olivier Awards, musical hits include song 'I Know Him So Well'

1948 Birthday - Jimmy Hood, born in Lesmahagow, Scotland, Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East, Labor Party, worked as a mining engineer

1947 Birthday - George Young, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rock guitarist, Easybeats

1947 Birthday - Ian Anderson, born in Scotland, rocker, Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle

1947 Birthday - Andy Roxburgh, soccer manager, Scotland

1947 Birthday - John Reid, born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts, public service includes Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

1947 Birthday - Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist and vocalist, Baker Street

1947 Birthday - Derek Shulman, born in Glasgow, Scotland, musician, singer, rocker, instrumentalist, vocalist for band Gentle Giant, recorded twelve albums with them in ten years

1947 Birthday - Adam Ingram, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Stathaven, Lesmahagow

1946 Death - Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86

1946 Birthday - Alan Gorrie, Scotland, rock bassist and singer, Average White Band

1946 Birthday - Donovan, Leitch, born in Maryhill, Scotland, guitarist/folk singer, Mellow Yellow

1946 Birthday - Donovan [P Leech], Scotland, rocker, Mellow Yellow

1946 Birthday - Timothy Clifford, director, National Galleries of Scotland

1945 Birthday - Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, Scotland, guitarist, Average White Band

1945 Birthday - Al Stewart, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rocker, Year of the Cat

1945 Birthday - Malcolm "Mollie" Duncan, Scotland, saxophonist, Average White Band

1945 Birthday - Michael Martin, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East, Speaker of the House of Commons

1945 Birthday - Gordon Waller, born in Scotland, singer, Peter and Gordon-World Without Love

1945 Birthday - Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Minister of State, Scotland

1945 Birthday - Maggie Bell, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rocker

1944 Birthday - Susan Maureen Fleetwood, Scotland, actress, Krays, Sacrifice

1944 Event - British premier Churchill travels to Scotland

1944 Birthday - Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist, Average White Band

1943 Birthday - John Mackin, born in Bellshill, Scotland, soccer player, footballer, manager, Corby Town

1943 Birthday - Bert Jansch, born in Glasgow, Scotland, musician, folk artist, acoustic guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of the band Pentangle, winner, BBC Folk Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award

1943 Birthday - Andy Roxburgh, manager soccer team, Scotland

1943 Birthday - Robin McDonald, Scotland, rock guitarist, Billy J Kramer and Dakotas

1943 Birthday - Bon Scott, Ronald Belford, Kirriemuir Scotland, rocker, AC/DC

1943 Birthday - Jack Bruce, Lanarkshire Scotland, bassist, Cream-White Room

1942 Birthday - Mike Heron, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, born James Michael Heron, singer, songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, member of The Incredible String Band

1942 Birthday - Billy Connolly, Scotland, comedian/actor, Blue Money

1942 Event - 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland

1941 Birthday - Tom Conti, Paisley Scotland, actor, Reuben Reuben, American Dreamer

1941 Birthday - Malcolm Longair, born in Dundee Scotland, astronomer, physicist, chairman of the Gemini Board, President, Royal Astronomical Society

1941 Event - Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland

1940 Birthday - Stuart Sutcliffe, Edinburgh Scotland, rocker, Beatles

1940 Birthday - Moira Anderson, born in Scotland, singer, Loch Lomond

1939 Event - Spitfire shoots German Heinkel-111 down above Scotland

1939 Birthday - Jackie Stewart, Scotland, driver/sports announcer, 27 Grand Prix

1938 Event - British ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth," launches at Clydebank Scotland

1938 Birthday - Nicol Williamson, Scotland, actor, Excalibur, Robin and Marian, Spawn

1938 Birthday - Norman Hogg, born in Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997

1935 Birthday - Ian Stewart, born in Scotland, born Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewartby, Baron Stewartby of Portmoak in the District of Perth and Kinross, Member of Parliament for Hitchin

1935 Birthday - Arthur Hay, born in Scotland, Arthur William Patrick Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnouli, family seat is Dupplin Castle, located outside of Perth, Scotland

1935 Birthday - Dave Wilson, born in Scotland, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, diplomat, administrator, Sinologist, 27th Governor of Hong Kong 1987 - 1992

1934 Birthday - Ian Richards, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Montgomery-Ike

1934 Birthday - Simon Mackay, born in Scotland, born Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw of Tanlawhill in the County of Dumfries, Lord Tannlaw, crossbench member of the House of Lords, director or family company Inchape

1933 Birthday - Adrienne Corri, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, River, Dr. Zhivago

1933 Birthday - Kim Elgie, cricketer, South African bat vs. New Zealand 1961-62, Scotland RU International

1932 Birthday - James Clyde, born in England, Baron Clyde, son of James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde, British judge, Chancellor to the Bishop of Argyll, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland

1931 Birthday - Ray Willsey, Regina Sask, WLAF def coordinator, Frankfurt, Scotland

1931 Birthday - Lonnie Donegan, born in Glasgow, Scotland, vocalist

1931 Birthday - James Weatherhead, moderator, General Assembly of Church of Scotland

1930 Birthday - Sean Connery, Edinburgh Scotland, actor, James Bond

1930 Birthday - Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator, College of Justice, Scotland

1929 Birthday - Lady, James, Mellon, CEO, Volunteer Development Scotland

1929 Birthday - Bill Walker, born in Dundee, Scotland, politician, deputy chairman, Scottish Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Perth and East Perthshire

1929 Birthday - Earl of Rosebery, born in Scotland, born Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery, Scottish nobleman, grandmother Hannah, Countess of Rosebury, was richest woman in England

1928 Birthday - Ian Bannen, born in Airdrie, Scotland, actor, Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park

1926 Birthday - Moira Shearer, Dunfermline Scotland, ballerina, Red Shoes

1923 Birthday - Elizabeth Sellars, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, Chalk Garden

1921 Birthday - Deborah Kerr, born in Helensburg, Scotland, television, stage, film actress, in 'The King and I', 'From Here to Eternity'

1921 Birthday - William Johnston, Chaplain to Queen of Scotland

1920 Birthday - Eileen Herlie, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, Myrtle Fargate-All My Children

1920 Birthday - James Whyte, Moderator, General Assembly of Church of Scotland

1920 Birthday - Derek Bond, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Nicholas Nickelby

1919 Birthday - Lord Maxwell, senator and professor, college of Justice Scotland

1918 Event - U.S. ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die

1918 Birthday - Jame McCallion, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Mi Taylor-National Velvet

1918 Birthday - Katherine Grant, born in Scotland, Countess of Dysart, Lady Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus, now 12th Countess of Dysart, a Scottish peeress, referenced as Baroness Huntingtower

1918 Birthday - Muriel Spark, Edinburgh Scotland, novelist, Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1917 Birthday - James Donald, Aberdeen Scotland, actor, Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings

1917 Birthday - David Tomlinson, Scotland, actor, Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter

1916 Birthday - Jessie Kesson, born in Scotland, Jessie Grant McDonald, author, novelist, radio producer, and playwright

1916 Birthday - James Herriot, born in Scotland, writer, All Creatures Great and Small

1915 Event - Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna Scotland)

1914 Event - British trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland

1914 Event - 1st air flight out of sight of land, Scotland to Norway

1914 Birthday - Archie Duncan, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Sherlock Holmes

1914 Birthday - Ewan Roberts, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actress, Pvt Benjamin

1913 Birthday - Ella Logan, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, 52nd Street, Goldwyn Follies

1912 Birthday - David Langton, born in Scotland, actor, Quintet, St. Joan, Abandon Ship

1911 Birthday - Benny Lee, born in Glasgow, Scotland, entertainer, comedy actor, singer, appeared in radio comedy programs, including It's a Square World, appeared in episodes of Are You Being Served?, and the television series Minder

1911 Event - Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland

1909 Birthday - Andrew Herron, Moderator, General Assembly of Church of Scotland

1909 Birthday - Robin Orr, born in Brechin, Scotland, musician, composer, professor of music, composed three operas, Full Circle, Hermiston, On the Razzle, among other symphonies, church music, chamber works

1909 Birthday - David Niven, born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, actor, Casino Royale

1908 Birthday - Sophie Stewart, born in Scotland, actress, As You Like It, Under the Red Robe

1907 Birthday - Alexander Todd, born in Scotland, born Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd, biochemist, Nobel-Prize for Chemistry for structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, nucleotide coenzymes

1906 Birthday - Belle Stewart, born near Bloirgowrie, Scotland, Scottish traditional singer, led life of a Scottish Traveler, daughter Sheila Stewart wrote her biography 'Queen Amang the Heather; the Life of Belle Stewart'

1905 Birthday - Donald Douglas, Scotland, actor, I Love You Again

1905 Birthday - Duncan Macrae, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Casino Royale, Kidnapped

1905 Birthday - James Robertson Justice, born in Scotland, actor, Above Us the Waves

1902 Birthday - Edward Wayne, physician, Queen of Scotland

1902 Event - Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25

1902 Death - Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays', dies

1901 Birthday - Frieda Inescort, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actress, Pride and Prejudice

1901 Birthday - Bebe Daniels, Scotland, actress, 42nd Street, Lonesome Luke

1900 Birthday - Alastair Sim, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, 'Christmas Carol', 'Stage Fright'

1899 Birthday - Eric Linklater, born in Scotland, novelist/poet, Blue Swallows

1898 Birthday - John Stuart, Edinburgh Scotland, actor, Number 17

1897 Birthday - John Laurie, born in Dumfries, Scotland, actor, Jericho, Island of Desire

1894 Birthday - George Renevant, born in Paris, actor, Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X

1893 Birthday - Viscount Dunrossil, Scotland, Governor General of Australia, 1959 - 1961

1892 Birthday - Hugh MacDiarmid, Scotland, writer, Scots Unbound

1892 Birthday - Cyril Smith, born in Peterhead, Scotland, actor, Adv of Sir Lancelot

1892 Birthday - Andy Clyde, born in Scotland, actor, George-Real McCoys, Cully-Lassie

1888 Birthday - John Logie Baird, Scotland, inventor, father of TV

1888 Event - John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans in Yonkers, New York

1888 Birthday - Frank Lloyd, Scotland, actor and director, Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist

1887 Event - Volunteer (U.S.) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup

1886 Birthday - Charlie Naughton, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Frozen Limits

1883 Event - SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die

1883 Birthday - Colin Campbell, born in Falkirk, Scotland, actress, High Bright Sun, Leather Boys

1880 Birthday - Donald Crisp, born in Scotland, actor, How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana

1880 Birthday - Donald Meek, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Stage Fair, Stagecoach

1880 Birthday - B. C. Forbes, born in New Deer, Scotland, Bertie Charles Forbes, founder Forbes magazine, financial journalist, books include, 'Forbes Epigrams', '101 Unusual Experiences'

1879 Birthday - William Duncan, Scotland, actor, Thunder Trail

1878 Birthday - Ernest Torrence, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Hunchback of Notre Dame

1878 Birthday - Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor, Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers

1876 Birthday - Ian Hay, Scotland, novelist/playwright, PIp, Carrying On

1876 Birthday - Muirhead Bone, born in Glasgow, Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture

1875 Birthday - John Buchan, Scotland, Governor-General of Canada/writer, Battle of Somme

1874 Birthday - Oswald Chambers born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning

1874 Birthday - Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star

1870 Birthday - Harry Lauder, born in Scotland, comedian/singer, Roman in the Gloamin

1868 Birthday - Spottiswoode Aitken, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Eagle, Home Sweet Home

1861 Birthday - Robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer, Proxima Centauri

1860 Event - 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins)

1860 Birthday - James Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist, Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan

1858 Birthday - Joseph Thomson, Scotland, geologist, Thomson's gazelle

1856 Birthday - William Archer, Scotland, writer, Green Goddess

1853 Event - Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348

1852 Birthday - Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays'

1850 Birthday - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author, Treasure Island

1847 Birthday - Alexander Graham Bell, born in Scotland, inventor of the telephone

1844 Birthday - Robert Stout, Shetland Islands Scotland, New Zealand prime minister, 1884-87

1844 Birthday - Andrew Lang, born in Scotland, author, The Blue Fairy Book

1843 Event - United Free Church of Scotland forms

1840 Birthday - John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer, pneumatic rubber tire

1837 Birthday - James Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary

1832 Event - 1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland

1830 Birthday - Alexander Muir, born in Lesmahagow Scotland, poet, Maple Leaf Forever

1830 Event - London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard)

1829 Event - London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty (Scotland Yard)

1828 Birthday - Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist and biographer, Beleaguered City

1826 Birthday - Robert Rainy, born in Glasgow, Scotland, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views

1824 Birthday - George MacDonald, Scotland, sci-fi author, Princess and Curdie

1824 Event - Series of fires kills 10 (Edinburgh Scotland)

1823 Event - Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)

1814 Birthday - Charles Mackay, born in Perth, Scotland, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer'

1813 Birthday - David Livingstone, born in Scotland, explorer, found by Stanley in Africa

1812 Birthday - Samuel Smiles, born in Scotland, author, Self-Help, Character, Duty

1811 Birthday - James Young Simpson, Scotland, obsterician, used chloroform

1801 Event - Ireland and Great Britain, England and Scotland, form United Kingdom

1797 Birthday - Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist, Principles of Geology

1795 Birthday - Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian, French Revolution

1788 Birthday - Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer

1784 Birthday - Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher

1781 Birthday - David Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor, kaleidoscope

1780 Birthday - Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator, Free Church of Scotland 1843-47

1779 Birthday - John Galt, Scotland, novelist, Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd

1776 Birthday - Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric

1773 Birthday - James Mill, born in Scotland, philosopher and historian, History of British India

1771 Birthday - Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet, Lady of Lake

1768 Event - 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)

1768 Death - Robert Simson, Scotland mathematician, dies at 80

1761 Birthday - James Hall, Scotland, geologist

1759 Birthday - Robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet, Auld Lang Syne

1753 Birthday - Dugald Stewart, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, Scottish common sense

1748 Birthday - John Playfair, born in Scotland, clergyman, geologist and mathematician

1746 Event - Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France from Scotland

1745 Event - Bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland

1745 Event - Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland

1745 Event - French help convoy reaches Montrose Scotland

1745 Event - Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland

1745 Event - Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland

1745 Event - Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland

1745 Event - Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland

1745 Event - Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland

1745 Event - Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland

1740 Birthday - James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer

1736 Birthday - James Watt, Scotland, inventor, steam engine

1735 Birthday - James Beattie, Scotland, poet/philosopher, Essay on Truth

1728 Birthday - James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands

1726 Birthday - James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist

1715 Event - Pro-James III-uprising in Scotland

1707 Event - England, Wales and Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain

1689 Event - Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen

1688 Death - Reverend James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian

1687 Birthday - Robert Simson, Scotland, mathematician

1685 Death - Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54

1659 Event - General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland

1654 Event - England, Ireland and Scotland united

1651 Event - Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland

1650 Event - Battle at Dunbar: England vs Scotland

1646 Event - King Charles I surrenders at Scotland

1641 Event - Britain and Scotland sign Treaty of Pacification

1640 Event - English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland

1633 Birthday - James II Stuart, king of England/Scotland, James VII, 1685-88

1625 Event - Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends English throne

1625 Death - James I Stuart, king of Scotland (1567)/England (1603-25), dies at 58

1608 Birthday - George Monck/Monk, English general and Governor of Scotland

1582 Event - King James IV of Scotland captured

1581 Event - James VI signs 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland

1571 Event - Catholic coup in Scotland

1571 Death - Earl of Lennox, regent of Scotland, murdered

1570 Event - Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out

1569 Event - Westmoreland flees to Scotland

1568 Event - Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England

1567 Event - Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate and 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland

1567 Event - Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland

1566 Birthday - James I Stuart, king of Scotland, James VI, England, 1567/1603-25

1561 Event - Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France

1560 Event - England/Scotland signs Treaty of Edinburgh

1560 Death - Marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44

1560 Death - Mary of Lorraine, pro-French Regent of Scotland, dies at 44

1560 Death - Mary de Guise, queen-mother of Scotland

1558 Event - Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois

1548 Event - Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France

1546 Event - England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland

1545 Event - English earl Hertford leads retaliatory mission against Scotland

1543 Event - Cardinal Beaton replaces earl Arran as regent for Mary of Scotland

1543 Event - England and Scotland sign Peace treaty of Greenwich

1542 Death - James, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30

1542 Birthday - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, 1560-1587

1524 Event - James I (12) becomes king of Scotland

1524 Event - Duke of Albany leaves Scotland

1522 Event - Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland

1520 Event - France and England sign treaty of Scotland

1515 Birthday - Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland

1515 Birthday - Marie Guise, French wife of king James V of Scotland

1513 Event - Battle of Flodden Fields; English defeat James IV of Scotland

1513 Death - James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513), dies in battle at 40

1512 Birthday - James I, king of Scotland, 1513-42

1502 Event - Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor

1495 Event - 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller

1488 Event - Battle of Sauchieburn, Scotland

1488 Death - James III, king of Scotland, dies in battle

1473 Birthday - James IV, king of Scotland, 1488-1513

1406 Death - Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies

1390 Death - Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies

1390 Death - Robert II, King of Scotland, dies

1371 Death - David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46

1371 Event - King Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned

1329 Death - Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29), dies at 53

1324 Birthday - David II Bruce, king of Scotland, 1331 - 1371

1322 Event - Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence

1316 Birthday - Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland, 1371-90

1314 Event - Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England

1306 Event - Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland

1295 Event - Scotland and France sign anti-English covenant

1274 Birthday - Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, 1306-29

1249 Death - Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51

1165 Death - Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24

1153 Event - Malcolm IV becomes king of Scotland

1153 Death - David I, King of Scotland, dies

1153 Death - David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68

1124 Death - Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies

1093 Death - Malcolm III MacDuncan, king of Scotland, dies in battle

1057 Death - Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan

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