October 2 1947
The new paddle steamer Waverley was launched from A. & J. Inglis's yard on the Clyde. After providing services on the Firth of Clyde she has been preserved and still takes passengers "doon the watter" as the oldest sea-going paddle steamer in the world.
- 1904 – Graham Greene, English novelist, is born; playwright, and critic (d. 1991)[18]
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