18 September – the sports programme Scotsport begins airing on Scottish Television; by the time it ends in 2008 it is recognised as the world's longest running television sports magazine.
^"History of the State Hospital"(PDF). NHS Scotland. January 2012. Archived from the original(PDF) on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014. The terminology used in this section, describing patients and the bodies looking after them, is no longer used today.