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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:49:20 GMT 10
June 1 1679 Covenanters defeated John Graham of Claverhouse at Drumclog.
June 1 1841 Poet and songwriter Robert Allan (born in Kilbarchan in 1774) died in New York, six days after sailing there from Scotland to join his son. He had believed that his poetry would be better appreciated in North America.
June 1 1843 Dr Henry Faulds, who established the uniqueness of fingerprints, born in Beith, Ayrshire.
June 1 1878 First Tay rail bridge opens. It was to collapse 18 months later in the Tay Bridge Disaster.
June 1 1946 First TV licences issued in Britain, costing £2.
June 1 1957 First Premium Bond prizes were drawn by the computer "Ernie" (Electronic random number indicator equipment).
June 1 1982 Pope John Paul II in Glasgow.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:49:57 GMT 10
June 2 1398 Prince Henry St Clair (Sinclair) landed in Nova Scotia, having sailed from Orkney.
June 2 1581 James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, beheaded in Edinburgh Grassmarket, accused of the murder of Lord Darnley.
June 2 1941 Clothes rationing introduced as a war-time measure. It was not lifted until 1949.
June 2 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Objectors who said that Scotland had never had a "Queen Elizabeth I" were told that in future the "highest number will be used" where there is such a conflict.
June 2 1994 25 top intelligence officers and the crew of four were killed when a Chinook helicopter in which they were travelling from Northern Ireland crashed into a hillside on the Mull of Kintyre.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:50:38 GMT 10
June 3 1726 James Hutton, founder of modern geology, born.
June 3 1774 Poet Robert Tannahill born in Paisley.
June 3 1863 Writer Neil Munro born Inveraray.
June 3 1931 The company formed by John Logie Baird televised the Epsom Derby which was then transmitted by the BBC.
June 3 1978 Peru defeated Scotland 3-1 in the football World Cup in Argentina.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:51:18 GMT 10
June 4 1694 The Merchant Maiden Hospital, later known as The Mary Erskine School, was founded by Mary Erskine in the Cowgate, Edinburgh.
June 4 1818 First recorded inter-club golf match - between Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society and Bruntsfield Links Golf Club.
June 4 1832 Great Reform Bill, which disenfranchised rotten burghs, came into force.
June 4 1940 Evacuation of Dunkirk (which began on May 27) was completed. 338,226 soldiers were brought back to the UK by the "little ships."
June 4 1940 Winston Churchillmade his speech to the nation saying: "We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
June 4 1977 Damage estimated to cost £15,000 caused by fans who dug up the pitch at Wembley after Scotland defeated England 2-1.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:51:49 GMT 10
June 5 1592 An Act of the Scottish Parliament came into force "concerning the Office of Lyoun King of Armes and his brether Heraldis" creating the best regulated system of armorial bearings in Europe.
June 5 1723 Adam Smith, author of "The Wealth of Nations" born Kirkcaldy.
June 5 1868 James Connolly, Irish revolutionary, born in Edinburgh.
June 5 1916 HMS Hampshire sank off Orkney after striking a mine. Lord Kitchener, conqueror of Sudan, was drowned.
June 5 1975 Referendum held on British Membership of the European Community. In Scotland the vote was "Yes" 1,332,286; "No" 948,039. Turnout was 61%. Only Shetland and Western Isles had majorities against.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:52:23 GMT 10
June 6 1560 Treaty of Edinburgh between France and England, recognising sovereignty of Mary Queen of Scots and her first husband Francis II.
June 6 1838 Thomas Blake Glover, founding father of Japan's industrialisation (including Mitsubishi) and Japanese Navy, born Fraserburgh.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:52:57 GMT 10
June 7 1329 Robert the Bruce died, Cardross Castle.
June 7 1690 The Scots Parliament ratified the establishment of a Presbyterian religious system, rejecting Episcopacy.
June 7 1811 Sir James Young Simpson, pioneer of anaesthetics and chloroform, born.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:53:36 GMT 10
June 8 1333 King Edward III orders the capture of the Isle of Man from the Scots.
June 8 1724 Birth of John Smeaton, civil engineer and lighthouse builder.
June 8 1772 Robert Stevenson, engineer, who constructed 18 lighthouses around Scotland, born Glasgow.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:54:12 GMT 10
June 9 597 St Columba died.
June 9 1942 First US troops (over 10,000 men) disembark from Queen Mary on the River Clyde.
June 9 1982 The 20p coin came into circulation.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:54:51 GMT 10
June 10 1688 James Francis Stuart born. In honour of the "Old Pretender", this is known as "White Rose Day" in Jacobite circles.
June 10 1719 Battle of Glenshiel, Jacobites with Spanish assistance, and government forces clashed.
June 10 1727 Death of King George I and accession of George II.
June 10 1768 Construction of the Forth and Clyde canal started. It was to take 22 years to complete.
June 10 1903 The floral clock in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, began operation - driven by clockwork and with only an hour hand. But it was the first of its kind in the world.
June 10 1939 Sir Jackie Stewart, three-times world motor racing champion, born in Dunbartonshire.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:55:25 GMT 10
June 11 1560 Marie of Guise, widow of King James V and Queen Regent of Scotland, died.
June 11 1488 Battle of Sauchieburn during which King James III died attempting to subdue a group of rebel barons.
June 11 1930 Empress of Britain launched from Clydebank by the Prince of Wales.
June 11 1975 First oil pumped ashore from British oilfields in the North Sea.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:56:56 GMT 10
June 12
1843 Sir David Gill, Scottish astronomer, was born. Gill was noted for his measurements of solar and stellar parallaxes, which accurately revealed the distances of the Sun and other stars to Earth. He was also a pioneer in the use of photography to map the heavens.
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On 12 June 2001 Thomas Wilson, the Scottish composer, died.
His works include the three-act opera, Confessions of a Justified Sinner, which was commissioned by Scottish Opera. The libretto, by John Currie, is based upon James Hogg's 1825 novel of the same name
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