1986 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1986 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
- Monarch — Elizabeth II
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — George Younger until 11 January; then Malcolm Rifkind
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Emslie
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Ross
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court — Lord Elliott
Events
- 26 March — Kenny Dalglish becomes the first Scotland national football team player to be capped 100 times at senior level.
- April — Scottish Unionist Party established.[1]
- 8 May — Scottish local Regional elections, 1986, result in the Conservatives losing control of the two Regional Councils where they previously held a majority: Grampian and Tayside.
- 24 July–2 August - Commonwealth Games held in Edinburgh.
- c. August — The millionth council house in the United Kingdom is sold to its tenants in Scotland, seven years after the right to buy scheme was launched.[2]
- 9 September — MS Norsea launched at Govan, the largest passenger ship built on the Clyde (31785 GT) and last large passenger ship built in the U.K.
- 26 October — Bus deregulation in Great Britain: First Magic Bus (Stagecoach) operation, in Glasgow.
- 6 November — 1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash: 45 oil workers killed when a Chinook helicopter carrying them from the Brent oilfield crashes in Shetland.[3]
- December — The St Kilda islands become the first World Heritage Site in Scotland.
Births
- 5 June — Charlotte Dobson, racing sailor
- 18 June — Richard Madden, actor
- 13 November — Kevin Bridges, stand-up comedian
Deaths
- 21 September — Bill Simpson, actor (born 1931)
The Arts
- 28 March — BBC Scotland screens Bill Bryden's The Holy City, a retelling of the Easter story set in Glasgow.
- Robert Alan Jamieson's novel Thin Wealth and Shetland Scots poetry collection Shoormal are published.
See also
References
- ↑ "Abstracts on Organisations". CAIN Web Service. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ↑ Thatcher, Margaret (1986-10-10). "Speech to Conservative Party Conference". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
- ↑ "1986: Oil workers die in helicopter crash". BBC News. 1986-11-06. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
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