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1976 in Scotland 
Summary
Events from the year 1976 in Scotland.
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| 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
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
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.