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1982 in Scotland 
Summary
Events from the year 1982 in Scotland.
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| See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1982 in: The UK • England • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1981–82 • 1982–83 1982 in Scottish television | ||||
Incumbents edit
Law officers edit
- Lord Advocate – Lord Mackay of Clashfern
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Nicholas Fairbairn; then Peter Fraser
Judiciary edit
Events edit
- 10 January – The lowest ever Scottish and UK temperature of -27.2 °C is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This equals the record set in the same place in 1895, and the record will be equalled again at Altnaharra in 1995.[1]
- February – first production from the Fulmar Oil Field in the North Sea.
- 25 March – Roy Jenkins wins the Glasgow Hillhead by-election for the Social Democratic Party.
- 6 May – 1982 Scottish regional elections, resulting in Labour winning the largest number of local councillors in the regions, followed by the Conservatives.
- 31 May–1 June – Pope John Paul II's visit to the United Kingdom embraces Edinburgh and Glasgow.
- 12 June – Faslane Peace Camp established.
- 24 June – Coatbridge and Airdrie by-election: Tom Clarke retains the seat for Labour.
- 19 July – Kessock Bridge opened over the Beauly Firth.
- 2 December – Glasgow Queen's Park by-election: Helen McElhone retains the seat for Labour previously held by her husband despite a swing of 9.4% to the Scottish National Party.
- 6–11 December – The 1982 European Curling Championships take place in Kirkcaldy.[2]
- The Carron Company ironworks of 1759 at Falkirk goes into receivership.
- First discovery on the Isle of Skye of fossilized dinosaur footprints, at Lealt.[3]
Births edit
- 5 January – Darren Mackie, footballer
- 15 May – Douglas Simpson, field hockey forward
- 21 October – David Mansouri, field hockey defender
- 14 November – Stephen Hughes, footballer
- 6 December – Susie Wolff, racing driver
- 12 December – Louise Carroll, field hockey defender
Deaths edit
- 4 February
- Alex Harvey, glam rock musician (born 1935)
- Anne Gillespie Shaw, engineer and businesswoman (born 1904)[4]
- 20 February – Isobel Wylie Hutchison, explorer (born 1889)
- 1 May in Provo, Utah – William Primrose, Scottish-born violist (born 1904)
- 1 July – Alexander Reid, playwright (born 1914)
- 20 October – Jimmy McGrory, footballer (born 1904)
The arts edit
- Soft rock band Wet Wet Wet forms in Clydebank as "Vortex Motion".
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ "Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Curling Championships". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Gilchrist, Jason (2021). "The Skye dinosaur footprint". Earth Archives. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame". www.engineeringhalloffame.org. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.