1973 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1973 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1972–73 • 1973–74 1973 in Scottish television |
Events from the year 1973 in Scotland...
Incumbents
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
- Monarch — Elizabeth II
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — Gordon Campbell
Law officers
Judiciary
- 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
- 1 January — Most of the west coast shipping services of David MacBrayne are merged with those of the Caledonian Steam Packet Company as Caledonian MacBrayne.
- 1 March — Dundee East by-election: Labour retains the seat by only 1,141 votes in the face of a strong SNP challenge.
- May — The Co-operative Group: The Scottish Co-operative (Wholesale) Society Ltd merges into the UK-wide Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd following serious financial mismanagement of the SCWS Bank.
- 17 July — Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire, is formally designated as a New Town.[1] but never developed.
- 25 October — Local Government (Scotland) Act initiates a major reorganisation of local government in Scotland with effect from May 1975).
- 26 October — Firefighters in Glasgow stage a one-day strike following a pay dispute. Troops are drafted in to run the fire stations.
- 31 October — The Kilbrandon Report is published and recommends the establishment of a directly elected Scottish Assembly.
- 8 November — Glasgow Govan by-election results in Margo MacDonald of the SNP gaining the seat from Labour on a 26.7% swing. In a second Scottish by election that day, the Conservatives retain Edinburgh North.
- 14 December — Third (replacement) Bonar Bridge opened.
- 31 December — Radio Clyde begins broadcasting, from Clydebank.
Births
- 20 January — Stephen Crabb, Welsh Conservative politician
- 18 March — Patrick Harvie, Green politician
- 10 May — Dario Franchitti, racing driver
- 14 May — Fraser Nelson, political journalist
- 15 September — Alyn Smith, SNP MEP
- Iain Finlay Macleod, playwright and novelist
Deaths
- 15 January — Neil M. Gunn, novelist, critic, and dramatist (born 1891)
- 23 September — A. S. Neill, progressive educator and author (born 1883)
- 8 October — John Rankin, Labour politician (born 1890)
- 5 December — Robert Watson-Watt, pioneer of radar (born 1892)
- 30 December
- D. E. Stevenson (Dorothy Peploe), romantic novelist (born 1892)
- Vagaland (Thomas Alexander Robertson), Shetland Scots poet (born 1909)
- Sir William Gillies, painter (born 1898)
- F. Marian McNeill, folklorist (born 1885)
The Arts
- 31 March — John McGrath's play The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil is premiered by 7:84 in Aberdeen.
- 11 May–8 June - The political thriller Scotch on the Rocks, concerning a terrorist group fighting for Scottish independence in the near future, is broadcast by BBC Scotland.
- Canongate Books is established as a publisher in Edinburgh.
- George Mackay Brown's novel Magnus is published.
- Celtic rock group Runrig formed on Skye.
See also
References
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 19294. p. 951. 14 August 1973. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
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