Entries tagged

‘aberdeen’

EventDate
How Glasgow came close to landing the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 10th May
Elliot Junction rail accident kills 22 and injures 24 28th December
Musician Annie Lennox is born 25th December
Missionary Mary Slessor is born in Aberdeen 2nd December
Death of the founder of the University of Aberdeen 25th October
Grampian Television goes on air 30th September
Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle 28th September
The world’s first full-body MRI scan 28th August
The last hanging in Scotland 15th August
Aberdeen Airport opens for business 28th July
Piper Alpha oil platform is destroyed by fire 6th July
SS St Sunniva wrecked off Shetland 10th April
The River Dee ferryboat disaster 5th April
Nature writing pioneer Nan Shepherd dies in Aberdeen 27th February
The University of Aberdeen is founded 10th February