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2005 Robin Cook, Scottish Politician
2001 Dorothy Dunnett, Scottish Novelist 1997 Belle Stewart, Scottish traditional singer, dies at 91 1996 W. H. Murray, Scottish Athlete 1995 Davie Cooper, David 'Davie' Cooper, professional soccer player, signed by Ranger for 100,000 pounds, won Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1991, dies at 39 1995 Lord Lovat, Scottish landowner, dies at 83 1995 James Herriot, Scottish author (All Creatures Great and Small), dies at 78 1995 Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at 68 1994 Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United), dies at 84 1992 James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies 1992 George Mann MacBeth, Scottish journalist/poet (A War Quartet), dies 1991 William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at 30 1987 Alistair Maclean, Scottish Novelist 1987 Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist 1985 Jock Stein, Scottish Celebrity 1984 Paul Gallagher, Scottish Athlete 1981 Bill Shankly, Scottish Athlete 1978 William Barclay, Scottish Theologian 1976 Basil Spence, Scottish Architect 1976 Frieda Inescort, Scottish actress (Meet Corliss Archer), dies at 74 1975 John Higgins, Scottish Celebrity 1972 Jared Kaaiohelo, WLAF running back for the Scottish Claymores 1972 Willy Tate, NFL/WLAF tight end, Kansas City Chiefs, Scottish Claymores 1972 Joe O'Brien, WLAF defensive tackle for the Scottish Claymores 1972 Marco Rivera, NFL/WLAF guard, Scottish Claymores, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 1972 Jim Ballard, NFL/WLAF quarterback, Scottish Claymores, Buffalo Bills 1972 Tom Barndt, NFL/WLAF guard for the Kansas City Chiefs, Scottish Claymores 1971 Bryan Proby, NFL/WLAF defensive tackle, Kansas City Chiefs, Scottish Claymores 1971 Robert Flickinger, WLAF defensive end for the Scottish Claymores 1971 Lee Gissendaner, NFL/WLAF receiver, Minnesota Vikings, Scottish Claymores 1971 Emmett Waldron, WLAF linebacker for the Scottish Claymores 1971 Ron Dickerson, WLAF running back, Scottish Claymores, London Monarchs 1971 Khari Jones, CFL/WLAF quarterback, BC Lions, Scottish Claymores 1971 Yo Murphy, WLAF receiver for the Scottish Claymores 1971 Randy Bierman, WLAF tackle for the Scottish Claymores 1971 Ewan McGregor, born in Scottish, actor, Trainspotting 1971 Gail Porter, Scottish Celebrity 1971 Jukka-Pekka Nummi, WLAF cornerback for the Scottish Claymores 1971 Karmeeleyah McGill, WLAF linebacker for the Scottish Claymores 1970 John DeWitt, WLAF defensive end for the Scottish Claymores 1970 Purvis Hunt, NFL/WLAF guard, Houston Oilers, Scottish Claymores 1970 Steve Matthews, NFL/WLAF quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs, Scottish Claymores 1970 James Williams, WLAF cornerback for the Scottish Claymores 1970 Shannon Jones, WLAF linebacker for the Scottish Claymores 1970 Sean LaChapelle, NFL/WLAF receiver, Kansas City Chiefs, Scottish Claymores 1970 Markus Thomas, WLAF running back for the Scottish Claymores 1970 Arnold Ale, WLAF linebacker for the Scottish Claymores 1970 David Wilson, WLAF safety for the Scottish Claymores 1970 Scott Couper, WLAF receiver for the Scottish Claymores 1970 George Coghill, WLAF safety for the Scottish Claymores 1970 Forey Duckett, NFL/WLAF cornerback and safety, Saints, Scottish Claymores 1970 Keith Wagner, NFL/WLAF tackle, New York Giants, Redskins, Scottish Claymores 1969 Mark Millar, Scottish Writer 1969 Chris Dausin, WLAF corner/guard for the Scottish Claymores 1969 David Webb, WLAF defensive end for the Scottish Claymores 1969 Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor 1969 Jerold Jeffcoat, WLAF defensive tackle for the Scottish Claymores 1968 Billy Boyd, Scottish Actor 1968 Siran Stacy, WLAF running back for the Scottish Claymores 1968 Mark Sander, WLAF linebacker, Scottish Claymores 1967 Bill Schultz, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle, Den Broncos, Scottish Claymores 1967 Lance Zeno, NFL/WLAF corner, Rams, Scottish Claymores 1966 Gordon Ramsay, Scottish Celebrity 1966 Shirley Manson, Scottish Musician 1965 Vince Alcalde, WLAF offensive assistant for the Scottish Claymores 1965 Ben Torriero, WLAF running back, Scottish Claymores 1965 Alan Cumming, Scottish Actor 1964 Justin Currie, Scottish rock vocalist/bassist, Del Amitri 1964 Yvonne Murray, born in Musselburgh, Scottish track, running athlete, won Olympic bronze medal, 3000m, Seoul, 1988 1964 Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish 4th Road Bridge) 1963 Jason Buck, WLAF defensive end for the Scottish Claymores 1962 Michael Kenny, WLAF offensive assistant for the Scottish Claymores 1962 Iain Harvie, Scottish rock guitarist, Nothing Ever Happens 1962 Craig Ferguson, Scottish Comedian 1962 Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker for the Scottish Claymores 1961 Irvine Welsh, Scottish Novelist 1961 Colin Angus, Scottish pop musician, Shamen, Ebeneezer Goode 1961 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 Robert Carlyle, Scottish Director 1961 U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours 1960 William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician, Shamen-Move Any Mountain 1959 Charlie Burchill, Scottish pop guitarist, Simple Minds-Breakfast Club 1959 Edwin Muir, Scottish Poet 1958 Mike Scott, Scottish rocker, Blues Inc, Waterboys-Rainbow Warrior 1958 Marie Carmichael Stopes, Scottish Author 1958 Robert W. Service, Scottish Poet 1958 Fish, Derek William Dick, Scottish vocalist, Marillion-Sugar Mice 1957 William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90 1956 Azhar Cachalia, Scottish/South Africa leader, United Democratic Front 1956 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 Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist 1955 Alan Hansen, Scottish Athlete 1954 Ken MacLeod, Scottish Writer 1954 Iain Banks, Scottish Writer 1951 Joe Jordan, Scottish soccer star 1950 Robbie Coltrane, Scottish Actor 1950 Harry Lauder (Maclennan), Scottish comic/singer, dies at about 75 1948 Walter Smith, Scottish Athlete 1946 Ian McGeechan, Scottish rugby player 1946 Robin Cook, Scottish Politician 1945 Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43 1945 Scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg 1945 Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg 1944 Scottish Highlanders liberate Waalwijk 1943 William E "Bill" Gibb, Scottish fashion designer 1942 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault 1942 Douglas Dunn, Scottish Poet 1941 James G. Frazer, Scottish Scientist 1940 Jim Criner, WLAF head coach for the Scottish Claymores 1940 John Gilmour, Scottish Politician 1940 Barbara Kelly, CEO, Scottish Consumer Council 1939 Phil Gallie, born in Portsmouth, England, born Philip Roy Gallie, politician, Conservative Party, Member of the Scottish Parliament, Member of Parliament for Ayr 1939 Murray Rose, Scottish Athlete 1938 Ian St. John, Scottish Athlete 1938 Russell Hillhouse, under-sect Scottish Office 1937 12th duke of Argyll, Scottish Campbell-captain/large landowner 1937 James M Barrie, Scottish writer (Dear Brutus/Peter Pan), dies 1937 Donald MacKay, CEO, Scottish Enterprise 1936 John Menzies, Scottish publisher/banker/multi-millionaire 1935 Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate 1934 Duncan Thompson, keeper, Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1934 William Lithgow, Scottish industrialist/multi-millionaire 1933 John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69 1933 Alan Devereux, CEO, Scottish Tourist Board 1933 6th marquess of Bute, Scottish large landowner/bibliophile 1932 Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author 1932 Ian Leslie, born in England, born Ian Lionel Malcolm Leslie, 21st Earl of Rothes, Scottish nobleman, served as Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1931 Thomas Lipton, Scottish Businessman 1931 Raymond Miquel, chairman, Scottish Sports Council 1929 Magnus Magnusson, Scottish Journalist 1929 Bill Walker, born in Dundee, Scotland, politician, deputy chairman, Scottish Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Perth and East Perthshire 1929 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 Scottish inventor J. Blaird demonstrates color-TV 1927 R. D. Laing, Scottish Psychologist 1927 Donald Miller, CEO, Scottish Power 1926 Michael Joughin, CEO, Scottish Hydro-Electric 1926 James Stirling, Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight 1926 Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder, Scottish Opera 1925 Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish Poet 1924 William Archer, Scottish critic and playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68 1924 James W. Black, Scottish Scientist 1923 Dorothy Dunnett, Scottish Novelist 1923 James Dewar, Scottish Scientist 1922 Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London 1922 Jock Stein, Scottish Celebrity 1922 Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies 1922 Alistair Maclean, Scottish Novelist 1921 John B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81 1919 Alwyn Farquharson, Scottish clan-captain/large landowner 1918 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 1917 Oswald Chambers, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning, dies from a ruptured appendix 1915 George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist 1914 Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist 1914 David Gill, Scottish Scientist 1913 Bill Shankly, Scottish Athlete 1913 W. H. Murray, Scottish Athlete 1912 Andrew Long, Scottish author, Blue Book of Fairy Tales 1912 Francis David Charteris, earl of Wemyss and March/Scottish landowner 1911 Lord Lovat, Shimi, Scottish cattle breeder/leader of clan Fraser 1909 Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach, Manchester United 1908 Ian Peebles, cricketer, Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31 1907 William Barclay, Scottish Theologian 1907 Basil Spence, Scottish Architect 1906 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' 1906 Gilbert Highet, Scottish Writer 1904 Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author 1903 Alexander Bain, Scottish Philosopher 1897 31st Belmont: J Scherrer aboard Scottish Cheiftain wins in 2:23 1897 Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist, dies at 45 1895 John Stuart Blackie, Scottish Writer 1894 William Robertson Smith, Scottish Scientist 1892 Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist, dies at 60 1890 James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor 1887 Edwin Muir, Scottish Poet 1885 Thomas Davidson, Scottish Scientist 1882 Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal 1880 Marie Carmichael Stopes, Scottish Author 1880 Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist 1879 James C. Maxwell, Scottish Mathematician 1878 Robert Stirling, Scottish Inventor 1878 Alexander Duff, Scottish Clergyman 1876 John J R Macleod, Scottish/Canadian physiologist, Nobel 1923 1876 John Gilmour, Scottish Politician 1874 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 Robert W. Service, Scottish Poet 1871 Robert Chambers, Scottish Writer 1870 Thomas Erskine, Scottish Theologian 1867 William A. Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, Skotlands Rimur 1867 Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74 1867 Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet 1866 Arthur Keith, Scottish anthropologist 1864 John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author and poet, Anarchists 1859 Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh 1859 William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver 1856 George Adam Smith, Scottish Clergyman 1854 John Wilson, Scottish Writer 1854 James G. Frazer, Scottish Scientist 1851 Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist 1850 Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, W-Australia 1850 Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74 1850 Thomas Lipton, Scottish Businessman 1846 William Robertson Smith, Scottish Scientist 1843 David Gill, Scottish Scientist 1843 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies 1842 Allan Cunningham, Scottish Poet 1842 James Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist, Dewarfles/cordiet 1842 1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony 1839 John Galt, Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at 59 1838 Anne Grant, Scottish Poet 1835 Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist 1834 Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman 1833 James Ball Antyne, Scottish founder (Ball Antyne Press), dies at about 60 1832 Walter Scott, Scottish attorney/poet/writer (Ivanhoe), dies 1831 James C. Maxwell, Scottish Mathematician 1831 Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist 1830 Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet 1828 Dugald Stewart, Scottish philosopher (Scottish common sense), dies at 74 1825 Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community 1824 George Gordon Byron, Scottish Poet 1823 George JD Campbell, Scottish/British Minister to Indies, 1868-74/80-85 1819 John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies 1818 Alexander Bain, Scottish Philosopher 1817 Thomas Davidson, Scottish Scientist 1816 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92 1813 Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist 1809 John Stuart Blackie, Scottish Writer 1808 James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor 1806 Alexander Duff, Scottish Clergyman 1803 James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67 1802 Robert Chambers, Scottish Writer 1800 Hugh Blair, Scottish Theologian 1799 Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 1798 James Wilson, Scottish lawyer, U.S. judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 55 1797 William Motherwell, Scottish civil servant/poet 1796 Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), dies at 37 1795 Walter Geikie, Scottish painter 1792 Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, History of Europe 1792 Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman 1792 Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 1790 Robert Stirling, Scottish Inventor 1790 Adam Smith, Scottish Economist 1788 John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 1788 Thomas Erskine, Scottish Theologian 1788 George Gordon Byron, Scottish Poet 1785 John Wilson, Scottish Writer 1784 Allan Cunningham, Scottish Poet 1779 James Cook, Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian 1776 David Hume, Scottish Philosopher 1774 Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies 1773 Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada) 1771 Walter Scott, Scottish Novelist 1770 James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78 1768 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician, Rights of Wallace 1764 Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist 1758 John Pinkerton, Scottish historian 1758 Allan Ramsay Sr, Scottish poet (Gentle Shepherd), dies at 71 1755 Anne Grant, Scottish Poet 1753 Dugald Stewart, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, Scottish common sense 1750 Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet, Scots poems 1746 Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46 1744 David Allan, Scottish painter 1742 James Wilson, Scottish lawyer, U.S. judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence 1735 Thomas Coutts, Scottish banker 1729 John Law, Scottish financier, dies at about 57 1728 Joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist 1723 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian 1721 Tobias Smollett, Scottish writer 1718 Hugh Blair, Scottish Theologian 1716 Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France 1715 Battle at Sheriffmuir: English army beats Scottish earl of Mar 1711 David Hume, Scottish Philosopher 1709 Hamilton, Scottish general (Malplaquet), dies in battle 1709 Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe") 1707 English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain 1703 Archibald Campbell, Scottish military man (blood bath of Glencoe), dies at 52 1701 William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock 1699 Robert Blair, Scottish poet, Grave 1694 Francis Hutcheson, born in Drumaleg, Ireland, philosopher, Scottish Presbyterian, founding father of Scottish Enlightenment, proponent of Utilitarianism 1689 Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie 1685 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 55 1679 Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish 1667 John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer, Alexander Pope 1661 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 1650 James G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged 1650 Scottish general Montrose defeated 1648 Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish 1647 Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament 1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh 1617 John Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies 1603 Scottish king James VI becomes King James I of England 1600 John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies 1587 Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty 1585 William Drummond, Scottish Poet 1582 John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet, Euphormio's Satyricon 1582 John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet, Argenis 1572 John Knox, Scottish preacher, dies at about 67 1568 English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary 1559 Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary 1557 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form 1544 Scottish earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII 1542 Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty 1542 Battle at Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James 1528 Patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake 1495 Scottish king James IV receives bedrieger Perkin Warbeck 1356 Scottish king Edward Baliol resigns 1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor; Scottish dynastic battle 1308 Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42 1305 William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled and beheaded 1297 Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English 1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I 1174 Scottish King William captured 1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies 1093 Edward Macduncan, Scottish crown prince/son of Malcolm II, dies in battle |
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