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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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