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Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Arthur Woodburn until 28 February; then Hector McNeil

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Events

14 February – First shipment of coal from Argyll Colliery (drift mining) in the reopened Machrihanish Coalfield to Belfast.^[1]
21 February – Clydebank-built Cunard liner RMS Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career.
August – first official Edinburgh Military Tattoo staged at Edinburgh Castle as part of the Edinburgh Festival.
22 August – 54-year-old William "Ned" Barnie becomes the first Scot to swim the English Channel, going on to complete 3 crossings.^[2]
8 September – 116 miners trapped underground in a landslide at Knockshinnoch Castle colliery at New Cumnock in Ayrshire.^[3]
9 September – first miners are rescued from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery.^[3]
11 September – rescue operation from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery is completed, with all 116 miners saved.^[3]
18 October – the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme is inaugurated.^[4]
25 December – the Stone of Scone, the traditional coronation stone of Scottish monarchs, English monarchs and more recently British monarchs, is removed from London's Westminster Abbey by a group of four Scottish students.
St. Margaret's Hospice in Clydebank, the first modern hospice in Scotland, is begun by the Sisters of Charity.^[5]

Births

21 January – Seona Reid, arts administrator
10 March – Ted McKenna, rock drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) (died 2019)
22 March – Jocky Wilson, darts player (died 2012)
30 March – Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian (died 2022)^[6]
31 March – William Blair, judge and financial lawyer
1 May – Malcolm James Mackenzie, footballer
6 May – Robbie McIntosh, funk drummer (Average White Band) (died 1974)
9 May – Murray Elder, politician (died 2023)
12 May – Helena Kennedy, lawyer
27 May – Alex Gray, crime novelist
20 June – Rita Rae, Lady Rae, judge
21 June – Enn Reitel, actor
18 September – Jock McFadyen, painter
29 October – James Dillon, composer
7 November – Lindsay Duncan, actress
3 December – Angus Glennie, Lord Glennie, judge

Deaths

15 January – George Livingstone, footballer (born 1876)
26 February – Harry Lauder, entertainer (born 1870)
17 March – Adam McKinlay, Labour politician (born 1887)
30 March – Joe Yule, comedian and actor (born 1892)
9 May – Charles Alexander Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (born 1855)
10 August – James Drever, psychologist (born 1873)^[7]
14 September – Alexander Livingstone, Liberal politician (born 1880)

References

^ Cambeltown Courier 1950-02-16.
^ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Miners trapped underground by landslide". BBC News. 8 September 1950. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
^ Newsreel footage of opening ceremony.
^ "History". St Margaret of Scotland Hospice. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Robbie Coltrane obituary". the Guardian. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
^ The Scottish Educational Journal. Educational Institute of Scotland. 1950. p. 536.

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