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1990 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1990 in
Scotland
.
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See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1990 in:
The UK
•
England
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Scottish football:
1989–90
•
1990–91
1990 in Scottish television
Incumbents
edit
Secretary of State for Scotland
and
Keeper of the Great Seal
–
Malcolm Rifkind
until 28 November; then
Ian Lang
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Lord Fraser of Carmyllie
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Alan Rodger
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
and
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Hope
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Ross
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court
–
Lord Elliott
Events
edit
17 March
– Rugby union:
Scotland
beat
England
13–7 at
Murrayfield
to win the
Calcutta Cup
. The win also clinches the
1990 Five Nations Championship
,
Grand Slam
and
Triple Crown
for Scotland.
[1]
24 April
–
Gruinard Island
declared to be decontaminated of anthrax.
[2]
29 April
–
Stephen Hendry
, 21, wins the
1990 World Snooker Championship
and becomes the youngest ever world
snooker
champion.
3 May
–
1990 Scottish regional elections
held.
12 May
–
Aberdeen
beat
Celtic
9–8 on penalties
to win the Scottish Cup
.
13 July
– The
Term and Quarter Days (Scotland) Act 1990
receives Royal Assent.
August – Privatisation of the
Scottish Bus Group
begins with sale of
Lowland Scottish
in a management-employee buy-out.
22 September
–
Alex Salmond
wins the
Scottish National Party leadership election
, succeeding
Gordon Wilson
27 September
– The first episode of the sitcom
Rab C. Nesbitt
starring
Gregor Fisher
in the title role, is broadcast on
BBC Two
. The programme would run until 1999.
29 November
–
Labour
win by-elections in
Paisley South
and
Paisley North
, retaining both seats despite swings to the SNP of 11.7% and 14% respectively.
Arts and literature
edit
22 August
–
James MacMillan
's symphonic piece
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
premieres at
The Proms
in London.
13 September
–
Iain M. Banks
'
science fiction
novel
Use of Weapons
is published.
5 October
–
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
opens in
Sauchiehall Street
.
11 October
–
15 November
–
BBC Scotland
broadcasts the television comedy-drama series
Your Cheatin' Heart
written by
John Byrne
and starring
Tilda Swinton
and
John Gordon Sinclair
.
Soft rock
band
Travis
forms in Glasgow.
Births
edit
24 March
–
Libby Clegg
, athlete
[3]
10 April
–
Stacey McDougall
, lawn bowler
[4]
22 April
–
Eve Muirhead
, curler
[5]
29 June
–
Kim Little
, footballer
2 July
–
Morag McLellan
, field hockey player
[6]
11 July
–
Lynsey Sharp
, middle-distance runner
13 August
–
Elise Christie
, short-track speed skater
25 November
–
Eilish McColgan
, middle-distance runner
[7]
Deaths
edit
6 January
–
Ian Charleson
, actor (born
1949
)
8 January
–
Jenny Gilbertson
, documentary filmmaker (born
1902
)
14 January
–
Gordon Jackson
, actor (born
1923
)
12 August
–
Roy Williamson
, folk musician (born
1936
)
4 November
–
David Stirling
, army officer, founder of the Special Air Service (born
1915
)
Stephens Orr
, society photographer
See also
edit
1990 in Northern Ireland
1990 in Wales
References
edit
^
English WAGs helped inspire Scotland to 1990 Grand Slam victory over England telegraph.co.uk, accessed 3 December 2011
^
"The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death".
BBC News
. 26 February 2022
. Retrieved
26 February
2022
.
^
"Paralympics Day 4 Preview: Libby Clegg".
itv.com
. Retrieved
10 June
2023
.
^
"Stacey McDougall".
Team Scotland
. Retrieved
11 March
2021
.
^
"Eve Muirhead - Player Profile - Curling".
Eurosport UK
. Retrieved
20 February
2022
.
^
"Glasgow 2014 - Morag McLellan Profile".
results.glasgow2014.com
. Retrieved
1 April
2020
.
^
"Eilish McColgan - Player Profile - Athletics".
Eurosport UK
. Retrieved
3 August
2022
.