1976 in Scotland
Events from the year 1976 in Scotland.
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1976 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1975–76 • 1976–77 1976 in Scottish television |
Incumbents
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Willie Ross until 8 April; then Bruce Millan
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Ronald King Murray
- Solicitor General for Scotland – John McCluskey, ennobled as Lord McCluskey
Events
- 18 January – The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party.[1]
- 6 February – Hunterston B nuclear power station begins generating electricity.
- 7 July – Scottish MP David Steel is elected as new leader of the Liberal Party.
- 14 October – Post Office Telephones take the UK's last manual public telephone exchange out of service on Portree.
- 11 November – Brent oilfield production begins in the East Shetland Basin.
- 12 November – Disappearance of Renee MacRae and her 3-year-old son Andrew from Inverness; this becomes Britain's longest-running missing persons case.[2]
- The Signet Office is merged into the Court of Session.
- Inverkip power station is commissioned.
- Whalsay Golf Club, Britain's most northerly, is founded in Shetland.[3]
Births
- 13 January – Ross McCall, actor
- 20 January – Kirsty Gallacher, television presenter[4]
- 23 February – Kelly Macdonald, actress
- 23 March – Chris Hoy, Olympic gold medal winning cyclist[5]
- 3 June – Gregg McClymont, historian and politician
- 5 June – Jack Ross, footballer and manager
- 20 July – Damian Barr, writer
- 24 July – Laura Fraser, actress
- 4 August – Jock Zonfrillo, chef (died 2023 in Australia)
- 8 August – Laura Kuenssberg, Italian-born political journalist
- 10 August – Ian Murray, Labour MP for Edinburgh South
- 25 August – Gail McConnell, physicist
- 16 November – Danny Wallace, comedian and broadcast presenter
- date unknown – Chris Stout, fiddle player
Deaths
- 8 January – Robert Forgan, Scottish-English physician and politician (born 1891)
- 11 February – Charlie Naughton, actor (born 1886)
- 18 February – William Robb, footballer (born 1895)
- 13 March – Ann Henderson, sculptor (born 1921)
- 28 March – Ian Garrow, army officer (born 1908)
- 22 April – Stanley Cursiter, painter and curator (born 1887)
- 28 May – Oliver Brown, nationalist political activist (born 1903)
- 20 October – Jane Duncan (Elizabeth Jane Cameron), novelist (born 1910)
See also
References
- "January 18 in Scottish History". ScotClans. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- Bindel, Julie (30 April 2008). "The bone detective". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
- "The Club – History". Whalsay Golf Club. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- "BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing - Kirsty Gallacher". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- "Chris Hoy | Biography, Medals, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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