1971 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1971 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch — Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — Gordon Campbell
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Clyde
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Grant
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court — Lord Birsay
Events
- 2 January — 1971 Ibrox disaster: A stairway crush at the Rangers vs. Celtic football match at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow kills 66 and leaves many more injured.[1]
- 10 March — 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings: Three young off-duty Royal Highland Fusiliers are lured from a bar in Belfast and shot by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
- 23 May — "The Unknown Bairn": The drowned body of a young boy is found washed up onshore at Tayport; he is never identified.[2]
- 25 May — Production begins at the Invergordon aluminium works.
- 15 June — Upper Clyde Shipbuilders enters liquidation.[3]
- 2 July
- Royal Scots Dragoon Guards formed as the senior Scottish regiment of the British Army at Holyrood, Edinburgh, by amalgamation of the Royal Scots Greys and 3rd Carabiniers.
- Erskine Bridge opened over the River Clyde.
- 30 July — Upper Clyde Shipbuilders workers begin to take control of the shipyards in a work-in under the leadership of Jimmy Reid.[4]
- c. August — Kyle of Tongue Bridge and causeway opened, replacing a ferry.
- 16 September — Stirling and Falkirk by-election: Labour retains the seat but the Scottish National Party takes second place with a surge of 20% in their support.
- 21 October — Clarkston explosion: A gas explosion in Clarkston, Glasgow kills at least twenty people.
- 22 November — Cairngorm Plateau Disaster: Five children and one adult die on the Cairngorm Plateau.[5]
- 2 December — Last resident families leave the island of Scarp.[6]
- Expansion of Erskine as a planned community begins.
- Spey Bridge at Aviemore opened.
- Tom Farmer opens the first Kwik Fit car servicing centre, in Edinburgh.
Births
- 21 January — Alan McManus, snooker player
- 27 March — David Coulthard, racing driver
- 31 March — Ewan McGregor, actor
- 1 April — Karen Dunbar, comedian
- 18 April — David Tennant, actor
- 31 July — Craig MacLean, track cyclist
- 19 August — Paul McGrillen, footballer (suicide 2009)
- 7 October — Aasmah Mir, journalist and presenter
- 8 October — Michelle Mone, entrepreneur
Deaths
- 16 June — John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, broadcasting executive (born 1889)
- 25 June — John Boyd Orr, physician and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1880)
- 28 August — Edith Hughes, architect (born 1888)
- 12 December
- Torrance Gillick, Rangers F.C. winger (born 1915)
- Alan Morton, Rangers outside left (born 1893)
- 22 December — D. Alan Stevenson, lighthouse engineer and philatelist (born 1891)
The Arts
- 18 November — Stewart Conn's play The Burning, concerning King James VI of Scotland, premieres.
- Douglas Hurd and Andrew Osmond's political thriller Scotch on the Rocks, concerning a terrorist group fighting for Scottish independence in the near future, is published by Collins.
- English composer Peter Maxwell Davies settles in Orkney, initially on Hoy.
See also
References
- ↑ "1971: Sixty-six die in Scottish football disaster". BBC News. 2 January 1971. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- ↑ "Tayport remembers 'The Unknown Bairn' 40 years after his body was found on beach". The Courier (Dundee). 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- ↑ "Provisional liquidator is appointed for Upper Clyde Shipbuilders". The Times (58200) (London). 16 June 1971. p. 18.
- ↑ Murray, Ian (31 July 1971). "Workers seize control of shipyard on the Clyde". The Times (58238) (London). p. 1.
- ↑ "1971: Six dead in Scottish mountain tragedy". BBC News. 22 November 1971. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- ↑ "The Lost Islands". Stornoway: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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