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5 years ago
Clydesdale Bank chief operating officer Debbie Crosbie is the first woman to sign a Scots banknote. The run of 30 million £20 notes features the historic mill house at New Lanark on one side and Robert The Bruce on the other. Ms Crosbie, an executive director since 2014, said:”i feel honoured to be the first woman to sign a Scottish banknote and hope it helps serve as recognition of the many groundbreaking achievements of women across banking and the wider Scottish economy.”
10 years ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sent a St Andrew’s Day message on behalf of President Obama, saying America congratulated the people of Scotland as it prepared to mark its national day. It’s understood to be the first time a US government official or administration has done such a thing. Ms Clinton said: “Scotland’s unique culture and traditions have long been admired around the world, and the special ties between our two nations date back to the founding of the US.”
25 years ago
The British-american special relationship was given new impetus with a three-day visit to London of President Bill Clinton, pictured. Addressing the Houses of Parliament he hailed the “extraordinary relationship between the countries” He was praised by John Major, the Prime Minister, who said the speech “showed detailed knowledge of our history, a great deal of it shared with the United States. It could only have been made by a longstanding friend of this country.”
50 years ago
An inquiry has been opened into the cause of the fire yesterday aboard the US Navy submarine depot ship Canopus in which three sailors died. Ten others were treated in the ship’s sick bay for exhaustion and the effects of smoke inhalation. Two of the men who died were under confinement, and the third was their guard. Crew members of the vessel, which is anchored in the Holy Loch, fought the blaze in a baggage store for four hours before bringing it under complete control.
100 years ago
The amenity of the Braid Hills, Edinburgh, on which there is one of the finest municipal golf courses in the kingdom, is said to be threatened by a proposal to take a small part in connection with a new arterial road to be constructed from Liberton to Wallyford.
The making of the road was delayed by the war, and is now being started to provide work for the unemployed, the government having undertaken to pay towards the work £44,000, which is half the estimated cost.