Principal Patrick Sharp was made a Burgess and Freeman of the Burgh and City of Glasgow.
The Refectory opened on the site between Hillhead Street and Southpark Avenue. The building seated about 1,000 people on three floors. Four thousand customers were served on the opening day, between 8.30 am and 7 pm.
Internationally regarded as one of the greatest poets of his generation, Edwin Morgan was the first Scottish Makar (National Poet of Scotland).
Sir George Arthur Mitchell died.
Finlay Stewart Campbell was born.
John Francis Robert Gairdner was born.
Alexander Brown Grant was born.
Francis Robert Hill was born.
Walter King Hunter was born.
Thomas Miller Lovell was born.
Thomas James Menzies was born.
John Douglas B.A. Boswell was born.
Claude Alexander Boyce was born.
William Isaac Hutcheon Marr was born.
Joseph Harrison Maxwell was born.
James William More was born.
James Smith Porteous was born.
Cosmo Augustus Ralston was born.
Dorothy Christina Patterson was born.
Dr Mary (May) Calder was born.
Ella Catherine Mitchell was born.
Ian Dishart Suttie was born.
Wilhelmina Hutcheson Barr was born.
Andrew Elvin Hart was born.
Sir George Thomas Beatson died.