1964 in Scotland

Events from the year 1964 in Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Michael Noble until 16 October; then Willie Ross

Law officers

 * Lord Advocate – Ian Shearer, Lord Avonside; then Gordon Stott
 * Solicitor General for Scotland – David Colville Anderson; then Henry Wilson

Judiciary

 * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde
 * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grant
 * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson

Events

 * 11 January – Nationwide UK teenage girls' magazine Jackie is first published by DC Thomson of Dundee.
 * 29 April – 1964 Aberdeen typhoid outbreak: All schools in Aberdeen are closed following 136 cases of typhoid being reported.
 * 30 April – Breakthrough on 2.5 mi tunnel 500 m under the Firth of Forth to link the colliery at Valleyfield, Fife, to the modern coal processing facilities at Kinneil colliery near Bo'ness.
 * 14 May – Rutherglen by-election: Labour gains seat from the Conservatives.
 * 20 May – 1964 Aberdeen typhoid outbreak begins.
 * 23 June – University of Strathclyde chartered.
 * 4 September – The Forth Road Bridge opens across the Firth of Forth, connecting Fife and Edinburgh.
 * 22 September – Hunterston A nuclear power station opens.
 * 15 October – United Kingdom general election: Labour defeats Sir Alec Douglas-Home's Conservatives and the Unionist Party in Scotland loses eight seats.
 * 20 November – The first part of the M8 motorway between Glasgow and Edinburgh is opened.
 * HMNB Clyde established by the Royal Navy at Faslane on the Gare Loch.
 * William Grant & Sons first market their Glenfiddich distillery Speyside single malt whisky in bottles internationally.

Births

 * 2 January – Michael McCann, lawyer and politician
 * 29 January – Roddy Frame, singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 2 February – Susan Deacon, Labour politician and MSP (1999–2007)
 * 12 February – Stephen Carter, businessman and politician
 * 19 February – Jim McInally, international footballer and manager
 * 7 March – Tommy Sheridan, socialist politician and MSP (1999–2007)
 * 13 April – John Swinney, Scottish National Party leader and government minister
 * 18 April – Niall Ferguson, historian
 * 24 May – Liz McColgan, athlete
 * 31 May – Billy Davies, footballer and manager
 * 27 June – Shona Marshall, sport shooter
 * 1 August – Fiona Hyslop, Scottish National Party MSP (1999– ) and government minister
 * 9 September – John Hughes, footballer and manager
 * 4 October – Yvonne Murray, middle- and long-distance runner
 * 8 October – James Grant, new wave singer-songwriter
 * 13 November – Paul McBride, criminal lawyer (died 2012)
 * 11 December – Justin Currie, singer-songwriter
 * 25 December – Gary McAllister, international footballer, manager and coach
 * Dorothy Bain, Lord Advocate
 * Stephen Conroy, painter
 * Aminatta Forna, novelist
 * Jim Lambie, installation artist
 * Gillian Reid, chemist
 * Alan Warner, novelist

Deaths

 * 31 May – Nikolai Orlov, classical pianist (born 1892 in Russia)
 * 21 July – John White, international footballer (born 1937)
 * 25 September – Robert Wilson, tenor (born 1907)
 * 3 December – Dot Allan, writer (born 1886)
 * 11 December – Charles Donaldson, Conservative politician (born 1903)
 * 31 December – Ronald Fairbairn, psychoanalyst (born 1889)

The arts

 * 15 December – Peter Watkins' docudrama Culloden is broadcast on BBC Television.