History

Alan Wells won Olympic
Alan Wells won Olympic Allan Wipper Wells MBE (born 3 May 1952) is a Scottish former track and field sprinter who became the 100 metres Olympic champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. …

Bagpiper John Wilson dies, Willowdale, Ontario
Bagpiper John Wilson dies, Willowdale, Ontario John Wilson, Scottish born who emigrated to Toronto, Canada in the late 1940s at the prompting of George R. Duncan. …

Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band officially disbands on their 50th anniversary, 1978
Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band officially disbands on their 50th anniversary, 1978 Muirhead and Sons Pipe Band, founded in 1928, was a pipe band based in Grangemouth, Scotland. The band was named after, and affiliated with, the company Muirhead & Sons, a sawmill based in Grangemouth and founded by George A. Muirhead in the 1880s …

Poet and Nationalist C M Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) died.
Poet and Nationalist C M Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) died. …

Peru defeated Scotland, 3-1 in the football World Cup in Argentina.
Peru defeated Scotland, 3-1 in the football World Cup in Argentina. …