1972_in_Scotland Knowpia

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Events from the year 1972 in Scotland.

Incumbents edit

11 February – Rockall is formally claimed as part of Scotland.
24 May – Rangers F.C. wins the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with a 3–2 win over Soviet side FC Dynamo Moscow in Barcelona.
26 May — Loch Lomond Bear Park opened near Balloch to display bears.
27 June – Highland Wildlife Park opened near Kingussie to display native species.^[1]
25 August – Kilbirnie Street fire in Glasgow: 7 firemen killed in a flashover.
1 September – Raising of school-leaving age from fifteen to sixteen for pupils leaving school at the end of the academic year, in common with the rest of the UK.^[2]
5 October – last ship launched at the former John Brown & Company Clydebank yard, Clyde-class bulk grain carrier MV Alisa.^[3]
8 December — Wendy Wood begins a hunger strike for home rule.^[4]
December – Gartnavel General Hospital opens in Glasgow.
Anderston Centre opens in Glasgow.
The West Highland Free Press newspaper is founded at Broadford, Skye.
Hamilton Academy closes (founded 1588)

23 January – Ewen Bremner, actor
20 February – Neil Primrose, musician
25 March – Phil O'Donnell, footballer (died 2007)^[5]
8 April – Lisa Cameron, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, 2015- , and clinical psychologist
9 April – Neve McIntosh, actress
10 April – Gordon Buchanan, wildlife film-maker
1 May – Patrick Grant, men's fashion designer
15 May – Danny Alexander, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey, 2005–15
2 August – Carol Monaghan, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for Glasgow North West, 2015-
16 August – Frankie Boyle, comedian^[6]
17 August – David Ralph, field hockey forward
14 September – Jenny Colgan, novelist
2 October – John Anderson, footballer
20 October – Debbie McLeod, field hockey goalkeeper
29 November – Willie Bain, Scottish Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East, 2009-

15 March – Jimmy Simpson, international footballer (born 1908)
28 March – Duncan Campbell, revivalist (born 1898)
4 June – David Ross Lauder, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1894)
19 November – William Grant, Lord Grant, serving Lord Justice Clerk and former Lord Advocate (born 1909)^[7]
30 November – Compton Mackenzie, novelist and Scottish nationalist (born 1883 in West Hartlepool)
27 December – John Kerr, cricketer (born 1885)
Jimmy MacBeath, folk singer (born 1894)

George Mackay Brown's novel Greenvoe is published.
Bill Bryden's play Willie Rough is staged by the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh.
The Average White Band is formed in Dundee.
The pipe band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards release their instrumental recording of "Amazing Grace" which reaches No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in April.

^ 'Wildlife with a difference', Press and Journal, 27 June 1972, p.6.
^ Legislation dated 20 January.
^ "MV Alisa". Clydebuilt. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ 'Patriots' leader Wendy starts protest "fast to death"', Evening Times, 8 December 1972, p.18.
^ Murray, Ewan (1 January 2008). "Obituary: Phil O'Donnell". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^ "Frankie Boyle". BBC. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ Watt, George (20 November 1972). "Lord Grant killed in car accident". Glasgow Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 12 January 2016 – via Google News.