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1972 In Scotland
Events from the year 1972 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Gordon Campbell Law officers * Lord Advocate – Norman Wylie * Solicitor General for Scotland – David Brand until November; then William Stewart Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde until 25 April; then Lord Emslie * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grant, then Lord Wheatley * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Birsay Events * 11 February – Rockall is formally claimed as part of the United Kingdom, attached to Inverness-shire, by the Island of Rockall Act 1972. * 24 May – Rangers F.C. wins the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with a 3–2 win over Soviet side FC Dynamo Moscow in Barcelona. * 26 May – Loch Lomond Bear Park opened near Balloch to display bears. * 27 June – Highland Wildlife Park opened near Kingussie to display native species. * 25 August – Kilbirnie Street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay
Harald Robert Leslie, Lord Birsay (8 May 1905 – 27 November 1982) was a Scottish lawyer and judge, and Chairman of the Scottish Land Court. Early life Leslie was born on 8 May 1905, the son of Robert Leslie, Master Mariner, and educated at Earlston School, Berwickshire High School, and the High School of Glasgow. He studied at the University of Glasgow, first studying arts ( MA, 1927) and then at the university's School of Law (LLB, 1930). He was admitted as a solicitor in 1930 and to the Faculty of Advocates in 1937. He had been a member of the Officers' Training Corps while at school and university, and during the Second World War served in the Royal Scots, being appointed a military Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and mentioned in despatches. Legal career Following the War, Leslie was appointed Standing Counsel to the Department of Agriculture, becoming an Advocate Depute in 1947. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1949, and in 1951 returned to private pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27 June
Events Pre-1600 *1358 – The Republic of Ragusa is founded. *1497 – Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England. *1499 – Amerigo Vespucci sights what is now Amapá State in Brazil. *1556 – The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs. 1601–1900 *1743 – In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle. *1760 – Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina. *1806 – British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate. *1844 – Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail. *1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bear
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family (biology), family Ursidae (). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout most of the Northern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere. Bears are found on the continents of North America, South America, and Eurasia. Common characteristics of modern bears include large bodies with stocky legs, long snouts, small rounded ears, shaggy hair, plantigrade paws with five nonretractile claws, and short tails. While the polar bear is mostly carnivorous, and the giant panda is mostly herbivorous, the remaining six species are omnivorous with varying diets. With the exception of courtship display, courting individuals and mothers with their young, bears are typically solitary animals. They may be diurnality, diurnal or nocturnal and have an excellent sense of smell. Despite their heavy build and awk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balloch, West Dunbartonshire
Balloch ( , ; ) is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, at the foot of Loch Lomond. Etymology Balloch comes from either the Gaelic word ''baile'' that means village or hamlet, or the Gaelic ''bealach'' meaning "a pass". Using the former derivation, Balloch means "village on the loch", i.e. the nearby Loch Lomond, but this would be Baile Loch. Geography Balloch is at the north end of the Vale of Leven, straddling the River Leven, Dunbartonshire, River Leven itself. It connects to the larger town of Alexandria, Scotland, Alexandria and to the smaller village of Jamestown, Dunbartonshire, Jamestown, both of which are located to its south. It also borders the Kilpatrick Hills. To the east of the town lies the major local authority housing scheme in the area known as 'The Haldane' or 'The Mill of Haldane'. Glasgow is located around to the southeast. Balloch lies on the 56th parallel north, 56th parallel at about the same latitude as Moscow. Tourism With its accessible loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond (; ) is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault (HBF), often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Central Scotland and the Highlands.Tom Weir. ''The Scottish Lochs''. pp. 33-43. Published by Constable and Company, 1980. Traditionally forming part of the boundary between the shires of Scotland, counties of Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire, Loch Lomond is split between the Subdivisions of Scotland, council areas of Stirling (council area), Stirling, Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire. Its southern shores are about northwest of the centre of Glasgow, Scotland's largest city. The Loch forms part of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park which was established in 2002. From a limnological perspective, Loch Lomond is classified as a dimictic lake, meaning it typically undergoes two mixing periods each year. This occurs in the spring and autumn when the water column becomes uniformly mixed due to temperature-driven dens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
26 May
Events Pre-1600 * 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe. * 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place. The Sasanids defeat the Armenians militarily but guarantee them freedom to openly practice Christianity. * 946 – England is left temporarily without a monarch after the death of King Edmund I in a street fight, resulting in Edmund's brother Eadred assuming the throne for the minority of Edmund's two sons. * 961 – King Otto I elects his six-year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom. He is crowned at Aachen, and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda. * 1135 – Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in León Cathedral as ''Imperator totius Hispaniae'' (''Emperor of all of Spain''). *1293 – An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', , ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Football National League. Dynamo was the only club that had always played in the Soviet Top League, top tier of Soviet football (along with FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv) and of Russian football from the end of the Soviet era until they were relegated in 2016. Despite this, they have never won the modern Russian Football Premier League, Russian Premier League title and have won Russian Cup (football), Russian Cup only once, in the season of 1994–95 Russian Cup, 1994–95. During the Soviet Union, Soviet era, they were affiliated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia), MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs – The Soviet Militia) and with the KGB and was a part of Dynamo (sports society), Dynamo sports society. Chief of the Soviet security a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European association football, football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renamed the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 1994. Chronologically, the Cup Winners' Cup was the second inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The first tournament was held in 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1960–61, but it was organised by the Mitropa Cup's Organising Committee and not recognised by the governing body of European football until 1963, when it was accepted as a UEFA competition on the initiative of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). From 1972 onwards, the winner of the tournament progressed to play the winner of the European Cup (later the UEFA Champions League) in the UEFA Super Cup, European Super Cup. The tournament ran for 39 seasons, with the final edition held in 1998–99 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangers F
A ranger is typically someone in a law enforcement or military/paramilitary role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called "ranging" or "scouting". The term most often refers to: * Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and preserving protected parklands and forests. ** National Park Service ranger, an employee of the National Park Service ** U.S. Forest Service ranger, an employee of the United States Forest Service ** Ranger of Windsor Great Park, a ceremonial office of the United Kingdom ** Includes the Keepers of Epping Forest who are charged to Range about the Forest in their duties. Ranger or Rangers may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Publications * Ranger's Apprentice, a series of novels by John Flanagan * '' Ranger Rick'', a children's nature magazine published by the United States National Wildlife Federation * ''Ranger'' (magazine), a former British comic magazine Fictional entities * Rangers (comics), a Marvel Comics sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 May
Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. *1276 – Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral. * 1487 – The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign. * 1567 – Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles. * 1595 – '' Nomenclator'' of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. 1601–1900 *1607 – Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in North America, is founded. *1621 – The Protestant Union is formally dissolved. *1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan. * 1667 – The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Of Rockall Act 1972
The Island of Rockall Act 1972 (c. 2) is a British act of Parliament formally incorporating the island of Rockall into the United Kingdom to protect it from Irish and Icelandic claims. The act as originally passed declared that the Island of Rockall was now part of the Scottish county of Inverness-shire (it is now in the Western Isles). The act has a single effective section, which reads: It was amended by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) is an Act of Parliament (UK), act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered local government of Scotland, local government in Scotland on 16 May 1975. The act followed and largely impleme ... (c. 65) to transfer administrative control to the Western Isles Council when Inverness-shire was abolished. References {{Authority control Constitutional laws of Scotland History of the Outer Hebrides Politics of Scotland United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1972 1972 in Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
