1992 in Scotland
Events from the year 1992 in Scotland.
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Incumbents
Law officers
Events
- 1 January – New Year's Day Storm sweeps across northern Scotland and western Norway. The original Bridge of Awe collapses.
- 6 March – the Local Government Finance Act 1992, which will replace the Poll Tax with the Council Tax from April next year, receives the Royal Assent.
- 9 April – The 1992 general election results in Labour winning 49 out of 72 seats in Scotland- a clear majority. However, the Conservative Party now led by Prime Minister John Major, with only eleven MPs in Scotland; wins a fourth consecutive term in government.[1]
- 9 May – Rangers F.C. beat Airdrieonians 2-1 to win the Scottish Cup, having already won their fourth consecutive league title.
- June
- University status granted to Napier University, The Robert Gordon University and the University of Paisley.
- United States Navy Submarine Squadron 14 leaves Holy Loch.
- Miller oilfield in the North Sea begins production.
- 24 June – Ravenscraig steelworks, the largest hot strip steel mill in Western Europe, closes,[2] ending steelmaking in Scotland.
- 17 July – John Smith, MP for Monklands East, is elected as Leader of the Labour Party following the resignation of Neil Kinnock after 9 years in the role.
- 6 August – Lord Hope, the Lord President of the Court of Session, Scotland's most senior judge, permits the televising of appeals in both criminal and civil cases, the first time that cameras have been allowed into courts in the United Kingdom.[3]
Undated
- University of the Highlands and Islands established as a Millennium Institute.
- University of St Andrews appoints its first female professor, Ursula Martin as Professor of Computer Science.
- Monktonhall Colliery at Newcraighall becomes a worker cooperative.[4]
- Publication of The Third Statistical Account of Scotland concludes with the volume for Roxburghshire.
- The Cadenza choir is formed in Edinburgh.
Births
- 23 March – Blair Alston, footballer
- 30 March – Stuart Armstrong, footballer
- 21 May – Lisa Evans, footballer[5]
- 21 June – Carly Booth, golfer
- 23 August – Nicola Docherty, footballer[6]
- 17 September – Stuart Bannigan, footballer
Deaths
- 4 May – Gregor Mackenzie, Labour politician (born 1927)
- 27 June – Bessie Watson, child suffragette and piper (born 1900)
- 23 August – Donald Stewart, Scottish National Party politician (born 1920)
The arts
- March – Duncan McLean's short story collection Bucket of Tongues is published.
- August – Scottish Television begins the Gaelic language soap opera Machair, set and filmed on Lewis.
- 10 August – James MacMillan's concerto for percussion and orchestra Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, commissioned by Christian Salvesen for Evelyn Glennie is premiered by her with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at The Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, London.
- Alasdair Gray's novel Poor Things is published.
- Andrew Greig's novel Electric Brae is published.
- Rebel Inc. is first published as a counter-cultural literary magazine in Edinburgh by Kevin Williamson.
- Birlinn (publisher) established in Edinburgh.
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1992 in Scotland.
- "General Election Results, 9 April 1992" (PDF). parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- "Documentary maker seeks Ravenscraig workers and their families for film". STV. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- Cusick, James (7 August 1992). "Scotland's appeal courts to let in TV cameras". The Independent. London: Independent Print Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- Hill, Alan (2012). Coal: a chronology for Britain. British Mining no. 94. Nelson: Northern Mine Research Society. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-901450-68-5.
- "Lisa Evans". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- "Nicola Docherty". Rangers Football Club, Official Website. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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