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1976 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1976 in
Scotland
.
←
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1976
in
Scotland
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1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Centuries:
18th
19th
20th
21st
Decades:
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1976 in:
The UK
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Scottish football:
1975–76
•
1976–77
1976 in Scottish television
Incumbents
edit
Secretary of State for Scotland
and
Keeper of the Great Seal
–
Willie Ross
until 8 April; then
Bruce Millan
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Ronald King Murray
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
John McCluskey
, ennobled as Lord McCluskey
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
and
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Emslie
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Wheatley
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court
–
Lord Birsay
Events
edit
18 January
– The
Scottish Labour Party
is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party.
[1]
6 February
–
Hunterston B nuclear power station
begins generating electricity.
7 July
– Scottish MP
David Steel
is elected as new leader of the
Liberal Party
.
14 October
– Post Office Telephones take the UK's last manual public
telephone exchange
out of service on
Portree
.
11 November
–
Brent oilfield
production begins in the
East Shetland Basin
.
15 November
– Licensing (Scotland) Bill receives the Royal Assent, paving the way for licensed premises to open an extra hour, until 11 p.m., from 16 December, and for public houses to open on Sundays for the first time from 1977.
[2]
12 November
–
Disappearance of Renee MacRae
and her 3-year-old son Andrew from
Inverness
; this becomes Britain's longest-running missing persons case.
[3]
13 December
— An extra hour of drinking allowed in pubs, until 11pm, from today.
The
Signet Office
is merged into the
Court of Session
.
Inverkip power station
is commissioned.
Whalsay
Golf Club, Britain's most northerly, is founded in
Shetland
.
[4]
Births
edit
13 January
–
Ross McCall
, actor
20 January
–
Kirsty Gallacher
, television presenter
[5]
23 February
–
Kelly Macdonald
, actress
23 March
–
Chris Hoy
, Olympic gold medal winning cyclist
[6]
3 June
–
Gregg McClymont
, historian and politician
5 June
–
Jack Ross
, footballer and manager
20 July
–
Damian Barr
, writer
24 July
–
Laura Fraser
, actress
4 August
–
Jock Zonfrillo
, chef (died
2023 in Australia
)
8 August
–
Laura Kuenssberg
, Italian-born political journalist
10 August
–
Ian Murray
, Labour MP for
Edinburgh South
25 August
–
Gail McConnell
, physicist
16 November
–
Danny Wallace
, comedian and broadcast presenter
date unknown –
Chris Stout
, fiddle player
Deaths
edit
8 January
–
Robert Forgan
, Scottish-English physician and politician (born
1891
)
11 February
–
Charlie Naughton
, actor (born
1886
)
18 February
–
William Robb
, footballer (born
1895
)
13 March
–
Ann Henderson
, sculptor (born
1921
)
28 March
–
Ian Garrow
, army officer (born
1908
)
22 April
–
Stanley Cursiter
, painter and curator (born
1887
)
28 May
–
Oliver Brown
, nationalist political activist (born
1903
)
20 October
–
Jane Duncan
(Elizabeth Jane Cameron), novelist (born
1910
)
See also
edit
1976 in Northern Ireland
1976 in Wales
References
edit
^
"January 18 in Scottish History".
ScotClans
. Retrieved
9 September
2014
.
^
'Licensing Act (Implementation), Commons, 16 November 1976',
Hansard
.
^
Bindel, Julie
(30 April 2008). "The bone detective".
The Guardian
. London
. Retrieved
13 May
2009
.
^
"The Club – History". Whalsay Golf Club. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014
. Retrieved
9 September
2014
.
^
"BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing - Kirsty Gallacher".
BBC
. Retrieved
18 October
2021
.
^
"Chris Hoy | Biography, Medals, & Facts | Britannica".
www.britannica.com
. Retrieved
4 December
2022
.