1989 in Scotland
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1989 in: The UK • England • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1988–89 • 1989–90 1989 in Scottish television |
Events from the year 1989 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth II
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Malcolm Rifkind
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie until 27 September; then Lord Hope
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ross
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Elliott
Events
- 4 January – a memorial service is held for the 270 people who died in the Lockerbie air disaster, including 11 from Lockerbie itself, two weeks ago.
- 18 January – Aberdeen area bus operator Grampian Regional Transport s sold by Grampian Regional Council in an employee stock ownership plan to GRT Group led by general manager Moir Lockhead in the first sale of a non-PTE municipal operator following bus deregulation in the United Kingdom. GRT goes on to become a foundation of the national transport operator FirstGroup.
- 7 February – Ness Viaduct at Inverness is washed away by floods, isolating the rail system to the far north for more than two years.
- 6 March – Glasgow Bellgrove rail accident: Two killed in a head-on collision.
- 30 March – the Claim of Right is signed at the General Assembly Hall, on the Mound in Edinburgh, by 58 of Scotland's 72 Members of Parliament.
- May – St. Enoch Centre shopping mall opened to the public in Glasgow city centre.
- 15 June – Glasgow Central by-election: Labour retain the seat despite a 15.1% swing to the Scottish National Party.
- 10 July – Mo Johnston becomes the first Roman Catholic player to sign for Rangers F.C., the Scottish league champions, when he completes a £1.5million move from FC Nantes in France. To add controversy to the move, Johnston was a player for their city rivals Celtic from 1984 to 1987.[1]
- 15 November – Scotland achieves qualification for the FIFA World Cup.
- Red kites reintroduced to the north of Scotland.[2]
Births
- 1 January – Alan Martin, footballer
- 10 April – Glen Muirhead, curler
- 8 August – Hannah Miley, swimmer
- 17 August – Rachel Corsie, footballer[3]
- 28 August – Jamie Murphy, footballer
Deaths
- 23 March – Bob McTaggart, Labour MP 1980–1989 (born 1945)
- 14 September – Alexander Scott, poet and literary scholar (born 1920)
The arts
- James Kelman's Glasgow patter stream of consciousness novel A Disaffection is published.
gollark: Good news! I managed to get a Church numeral 2 and `succ`.
gollark: LC knowledge?
gollark: See, this is the best I can do.
gollark: Well, I can't work out how to repeat the binding neatly yet.
gollark: * 1 10 mana
See also
References
- "Maurice Johnston". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- "Red Kite". Conservation. RSPB. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- "Rachel Corsie | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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