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| 1926 |
| | | Hugh MacDiarmid writes his long poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle in a revived version of the Lallans dialect of the Scottish borders | |
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| 1927 |
| | | The Scottish National War Memorial, designed by Robert Lorimer, is unveiled in Edinburgh Castle | |
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| 1928 |
| | | Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming accidentally discovers a mould that selectively kills bacteria, and calls it penicillin | |
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| 1931 |
| | | Pay cuts cause British sailors in the Atlantic fleet to mutiny at Invergordon, in Scotland's Cromarty Firth | |
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| 1934 |
| | | The Scottish National Party, or SNP, is founded to campaign for an independent Scotland | |
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| 1941 August 21 |
| | | The first of the Arctic convoys leaves Scapa Flow, in the north of Scotland, taking Hurricane fighters and raw materials to the Soviet Union | |
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| 1963 |
| | | Scottish Grand Prix driver Jim Clark wins the first of his two Formula One titles | |
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| 1966 |
| | | English novelist Paul Scott publishes The Jewel in the Crown, the first volume in his 'Raj Quartet' | |
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| 1969 |
| | | 19-year-old rugby player J.P.R. Williams makes his debut for Wales in a match against Scotland | |
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| 1969 |
| | | Scottish Grand Prix racing driver Jackie Stewart wins the first of his three world championship titles | |
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