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25th May 06, 04:33 AM
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OK...
here is the full Calender as a list...
Kilt Wearers Calendar
(If ya need anither reason tae wear yur kilt!)
January 1--New Years Day. (You should be singing “Auld Lang Syne” by Robert Burns as the New Year begins.)
January 11 --Sir John A. Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada born in Glasgow (1815)
January 16 --Robert W. Service, the "other" Ayershire bard, born. (1874)
January 17 --Author Compton Mackenzie (Whisky Galore etc) born. (1883)
January 19 --James Watt an inventor whose improvements to the steam engine were largely responsible for the industial revolution, born.
January 25 --Robert Burns, Scotland’s National Bard, born Alloway. (1759) Traditional night of Burns Supper.
February 2 --Celtic Holiday, Imbolc (Candlemas)
February 5 --John Boyd Dunlop, who patented the first practical pneumatic tyre, born Ayrshire. (1846)
February 7 --Robert the Bruce captured Dumfries. (1313)
February 10 --Robert the Bruce murdered John ‘The Red’ Comyn. (1306)
February 13 --The massacre at Glencoe. (1692)
February 15 --Robert Angus Smith who discovered and coined the term acid rain, born.
March 1 --Saint David's Day (patron saint of Wales)
March 3 --Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh. (1847)
March 3 --James Doohan, actor, “Scotty” born. (1920)
March 4 --Jim (or Jimmy) Clark OBE, Formula One (F1) racing driver born in Kilmany. (1936)
March 17 --Treaty of Edinburgh between King Robert I and Edward III which recognised Scotland's independence, ending the 30 years of Wars of Independence. (1328)
March 17 --St Patrick’s Day
March 21 –-Celtic Holiday, Ostara (Spring/Vernal Equinox)
March 27 --King Robert I ("The Bruce") crowned at Scone. (1306)
March 27 --David Coulthard, Grand Prix racing driver born in Twynholm. (1971)
April 6 -- Anniversary of the Writing of the Declaration of Arbroath - "For we fight not for glory nor for riches nor for honour, but only and alone for freedom, which no good man surrenders but with his life". (1320)
April 6 --Celebration of Tartan Day approved by the US Senate, in recognition of the monumental achievements and invaluable contributions made by Scottish Americans. (1998)
April 13 --Robert Watson-Watt considered to be the inventor of RADAR, born
April 16 --Joseph Black the discoverer of Carbon Dioxide, born.
April 16 --The Battle of Culloden. (1746)
April 21 --John Muir, America's most famous and influential naturalist and conservationist, born in Dunbar, Scotland. (1838)
April 30 –-Celtic Holiday, Beltane (May Eve)
May 5 --No Pants Day (Get Yer Kilt Oot!)
May 9 --Sir J M Barrie, author of "Peter Pan" born (1860)
May 15 --"The Unfettering of Hamish Bicknell" Day.
May 22 -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author Sherlock Holmes born in Edinburgh. (1899)
June 3 --The Camerons wore the kilt for the last time, in military action, at Dunkirk. (1940)
June 7 --Robert the Bruce died, Cardross Castle.( 1329)
June 7 --Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Designer, Architect, born in Glasgow (1868)
June 7 --James Young Simpson, Pioneer in use of anaesthetics, in surgery and midwifery, born in Bathgate (1811)
June 11 --Jackie Stewart, OBE, Formula One Racer, Born in Dumbartonshire. (1939)
June 21 –-Celtic Holiday, Midsummer (Summer Solstice, Litha)
June 24 --Robert the Bruce defeated Edward II at Battle of Bannockburn. (1314)
June 26 --William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin born. Inventor of the Kelvin scale.
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