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1993 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1993 in
Scotland
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1993 in:
The UK
•
England
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Scottish football:
1992–93
•
1993–94
1993 in Scottish television
Incumbents
edit
Secretary of State for Scotland
and
Keeper of the Great Seal
–
Ian Lang
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Thomas Dawson
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 Philip
Events
edit
5 January
–
oil tanker
MV
Braer
runs aground on
South Mainland
of
Shetland
, spilling 84,700 tonnes of crude oil into the sea.
[1]
She is broken up by the following
Braer Storm of January 1993
.
1 April
The
Council Tax
replaces the
Community Charge
as a means of raising revenue for local government.
Glasgow Caledonian University
is created by merger of Glasgow Polytechnic and The Queen's College, Glasgow.
8 May
– a new
Methodist
church building in
Haroldswick
, Shetland is dedicated, the most northerly church in the British Isles.
27 May
– the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1993, which increases the penalties for cruelty to animals, receives the Royal Assent.
[2]
29 May
–
Rangers F.C.
beat
Aberdeen
2–1 to win the
Scottish Cup
.
July –
Jim McLean
steps down as manager of
Dundee United
after a reign of 21 years and seven months.
15 July
–
Rangers
sign
Duncan Ferguson
for £4 million from
Dundee United
, a record fee between two British clubs.
[3]
13 September
–
Andy Roxburgh
resigns after seven years as manager of the
Scotland national football team
, who now have virtually no hope of qualifying for next summer's World Cup.
[4]
1 November
–
Craig Brown
appointed manager of the
Scotland national football team
.
[5]
Births
edit
26 January
–
Lana Clelland
, footballer
[6]
9 May
–
Laura Muir
, middle-distance runner
[7]
14 June
–
Graeme MacGregor
, footballer
[8]
15 August
–
Vicky Wright
, curler
[9]
4 September
–
Emma Brownlie
, footballer
[10]
21 September
–
Kirsty Gilmour
, badminton player
[11]
27 September
–
Sarah Robertson
, field hockey player
[12]
Deaths
edit
18 January
–
Arthur Donaldson
, former
Scottish National Party
leader (born
1901
)
21 July
–
John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute
, architectural conservationist (born 1933 in London)
11 October
–
Andy Stewart
, singer (born
1933
)
24 October
–
Jo Grimond
, former
Liberal Party
leader (born
1913
)
The arts
edit
April –
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
opens in Glasgow.
[13]
30 August –
Irvine Welsh
's novel
Trainspotting
is released at the
Edinburgh International Book Festival
.
December – English writer
Jo Rowling
moves to Edinburgh where she works on her first
Harry Potter
novel.
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
in Glasgow becomes the first conservatoire in the United Kingdom to be granted its own degree-awarding powers.
Peter Howson
is appointed British official
war artist
in the
Bosnian War
.
See also
edit
1993 in Northern Ireland
1993 in Wales
References
edit
^
"Oil tanker runs aground off Shetland".
BBC News
. 5 January 1993
. Retrieved
13 February
2008
.
^
State Intelligence London Gazette, 2 June 1993
^
A dream come true as Ferguson signs in #4m deal The Herald, accessed 27 October 2011
^
Tributes to the players' man The Herald, 14 September 1993
^
Craig Brown - Scotland A Squad Coach Archived 14 June 2011 at the
Wayback Machine
www.scottishfa.co.uk, accessed 27 October 2011
^
"Lana Clelland | Scotland | Scottish FA".
www.scottishfa.co.uk
. Retrieved
28 April
2020
.
^
"Laura Muir".
British Athletics
. Retrieved
28 April
2020
.
^
"Graeme MacGregor | Scotland | Scottish FA".
www.scottishfa.co.uk
. Retrieved
28 April
2020
.
^
"Vicky Wright".
olympics.com
. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022
. Retrieved
20 February
2022
.
^
"Emma Brownlie".
Rangers Football Club, Official Website
. Retrieved
27 April
2020
.
[
permanent dead link
]
^
"Badminton | Athlete Profile: Kirsty GILMOUR - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games".
results.gc2018.com
. Retrieved
9 February
2020
.
^
"Sarah Robertson".
Team Scotland
. Retrieved
29 July
2022
.
^
"St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art | Culture24".
www.culture24.org.uk
. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020
. Retrieved
28 April
2020
.