1994 in Scotland

1994
in
Scotland

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1994 in Scottish television

Events from the year 1994 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

Judiciary

Events

  • March – Strathclyde water referendum indicates overwhelming opposition to the privatisation of water.
  • 5 May – elections are held for Scotland's Regional Councils.
  • 19 May – Robert Black, jailed for life four years ago for abducting a seven-year-old girl in the Scottish Borders, is found guilty of murdering three girls in the 1980s and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum term of 35 years. Black later dies in HMP Maghaberry in Northern Ireland of a heart attack in January 2016.
  • 25 April – Dundee Institute of Technology elevated to the status of Abertay University.
  • 2 June – Chinook crash on Mull of Kintyre: An RAF Chinook helicopter carrying more than twenty leading intelligence experts crashes on the Mull of Kintyre, killing everyone on board.[1]
  • 9 June – European elections result in Labour winning six of Scotland's eight MEPs, with the SNP winning the other two.
  • 25 June – The Greenock rail accident, caused by vandals placing concrete blocks on the rails, kills two people.
  • 30 June – Monklands East by-election results in the Labour Party retaining the seat despite a swing of 19.2% to the SNP.
  • 3 November – The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, that will reorganise local government by creating 32 unitary authorities, receives royal assent.
  • Dounreay nuclear power plant comes offline.
  • Highland Theological Institute established in Dingwall.

Births

Deaths

Arts and literature

See also

References

  1. "MI5 officers killed in helicopter crash". BBC News. 2 June 1994. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
  2. "Orlando Pride Sign Scotland Women's National Team Forward Claire Emslie". Orlando City. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. "Cycling Track | Athlete Profile: Katie ARCHIBALD - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. "Siobhan Hunter - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. "Emily Nicholl". Team Scotland. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  6. Dadds, Kimberley (19 July 2007). "The UK's longest-running chart toppers". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  7. "Ice cool band warms hearts". Northern Ireland: BBC. 29 March 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
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