BBC Scotland founded
BBC Scotland (also referred to as the BBC Scotland channel) is a Scottish free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC Scotland division of the BBC. It airs a nightly lineup of entirely Scottish programming. The channel launched 24 February 2019, replacing the BBC Two Scotland opt-out of BBC Two, but operating as an autonomous channel (displacing BBC Four on Freeview in Scotland).
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Percy French gives his last concert in Glasgow
Percy French, the renowned Irish songwriter, entertainer, and humorist, passed away just 8 days after his last concert in Glasgow, Scotland, on January 24, 1920 in Liverpool.
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German battle fleet surrendered to the allies at Scapa Flow in Orkney
The surrender of the German High Seas Fleet took place on November 21, 1918, at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland. This event marked a significant moment toward the end of World War I.
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Scottish Education Bill
Provisions were included in the Scottish Education Bill to ensure adequate facilities for teaching Gaelic in Scotland.
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Maurice Lindsay, born
Maurice Lindsay CBE (21 July 1918 – 30 April 2009) was a Scottish broadcaster, writer and poet. He was born in Glasgow. He was educated at The Glasgow Academy where he was a pupil from 1928-36. In later life, he served as an honorary governor of the school.
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Author Hector Munro died in action in France
Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture.
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John Gibson, died
Sir John Gibson (1841–1915) was a journalist who spent most of his career at Aberystwyth as editor of the Cambrian News.
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Jazz trombonist George Chisholm born.
George Chisholm OBE (29 March 1915 – 6 December 1997) was a Scottish jazz trombonist and vocalist.
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Mary Slessor, missionary in West Africa, died
Mary Slessor, the Scottish Presbyterian missionary, passed away in 1915. She is remembered for her remarkable work as a missionary in Nigeria, particularly in the southeastern regions, where she lived among the Efik people.
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Edinburgh Zoo opened
Edinburgh Zoo, formerly the Scottish National Zoological Park, is an 82-acre (33 ha) non-profit zoological park in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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