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1949 in Scotland
List of events
Events from the year 1949 in Scotland.
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- 3 April – Trolleybuses in Glasgow introduced.
- 1 May – Scottish Gas Board established.
- 4 May – Fire at Grafton's fashion store in Argyle Street, Glasgow, kills 13 young women.[1]
- 24 July – People of Alyth march on Alyth Hill to assert their right of commonty over the land.[2]
- October – The Scottish Covenant, calling for the establishment of a legislative parliament within the United Kingdom, is drawn up by John MacCormick.
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- Wendy Wood founds the nationalist group, the Scottish Patriots
- The Law Society of Scotland is established.
- John Boyd Orr receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 15 January – Craig Pritchett, chess International Master
- 19 January – Lindsay Roy, educator and politician
- 23 January – Tom Forsyth, international footballer
- 25 January – Chris Lowe, BBC News presenter
- 2 February – Duncan Bannatyne, entrepreneur, philanthropist and author
- 9 February – Bernard Gallacher, golfer
- 26 February – Lynda Clark, judge and politician
- 6 March – Martin Buchan, international footballer
- 7 March – Malcolm Chisholm, Labour MSP
- 12 March – Glenn Chandler playwright, novelist, producer and theatre director
- 13 March – Trevor Sorbie, hairdresser
- 8 April – Alex Fergusson, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011 (died 2018)
- 25 April – Alexis Jay, social worker
- 21 May – Andrew Neil, print and television journalist
- 4 June – Lou Macari, international footballer and manager
- 21 June – Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth, judge
- 4 July – Alex Miller, footballer and manager
- 6 August – Erich Schaedler, footballer (suicide 1985)
- 8 August – Benny Young, actor
- 11 August – Ian Charleson, actor (died 1990)
- 12 August – Mark Knopfler, musician with Dire Straits
- 20 August – Stewart Houston, international footballer and manager
- 9 September – John Reid, music manager
- 18 September – Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale, judge
- 22 September – Jimmy Bone, footballer and manager
- 29 September – Adrian Elrick, international footballer representing New Zealand
- 8 October – Hamish Stuart, guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer
- 22 November - Paul le Page Barnett science fiction writer, with pen name John Grant (died 2020)
- 25 November – Isabel Hilton, journalist and broadcaster
- 28 December – Hilton McRae, actor
- Alison Kinnaird, glass sculptor and harpist
- 2 January – Sir Victor Fortune, British Army officer (born 1883)
- 9 January – Edward Baird, artist (born 1904)
- 12 April
- W. Lindsay Cable, artist and illustrator (born 1900)
- John Wallace, Liberal MP (born 1868)
- 3 August – Jessie M. King, illustrator and designer (born 1875)
- 6 August – David Taylor, footballer and manager (born 1883)
- 7 October - Arthur Pillans Laurie, chemist (born 1861)
- 22 October – Alex McDonald, footballer (born 1878)
- Joseph Lee, poet and journalist (born 1876)
- Summer – The Ba game of Duns revived.
- "Grafton's - 1949". Glasgow Fire Journal. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- Wightman, Andy (2010). The Poor Had No Lawyers: who owns Scotland and how they got it. Edinburgh: Birlinn. pp. 205–211. ISBN 9781841589077.