1977 in Scotland
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1977 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1976–77 • 1977–78 1977 in Scottish television |
Events from the year 1977 in Scotland.
Incumbents[]
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Bruce Millan
Law officers[]
- Lord Advocate – Ronald King Murray
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Lord McCluskey
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[]
- 3 May – 1977 Scottish District Council elections held, with Labour making significant losses.
- 17 May – Queen Elizabeth II commences her Jubilee tour in Glasgow.
- 18 May – Queen Elizabeth II visits Cumbernauld and Stirling.
- 19 May – Queen Elizabeth II visits Perth and Dundee.
- 23–27 May – Queen Elizabeth II visits Edinburgh.
- 27 May – Queen Elizabeth II opens the new Air Terminal Building at Edinburgh Airport.
- 4 June – Scotland's 2–1 victory over England at Wembley is followed by a pitch invasion during which sections of pitch and crossbars are removed by fans.[1]
- 10 August – Kenny Dalglish, 26-year-old Scotland striker, becomes Britain's most expensive footballer in a £440,000 transfer from Celtic F.C. to Liverpool.[2]
- September
- Last manufacture of coal gas on the UK mainland at Muirkirk.
- First part of St Fergus Gas Terminal in Aberdeenshire opens.
- 10 October – Scotland beat Wales 2–0 at Anfield to qualify for the 1978 World Cup finals.[3]
- 15–16 October – "World's End Murders" of two 17-year-old girls in Edinburgh.
- 14 November – Tam Dalyell, Labour MP for West Lothian (UK Parliament constituency), asks what becomes known as the West Lothian question.
- Late? – Buchanan Street bus station opens in Glasgow.
Births[]
- 19 March – Scott Wilson, footballer
- 30 March – Hugo Rifkind, journalist
- 18 April – Jonathan Rowson, chess grandmaster
- 12 May – Graeme Dott, snooker player
- 30 July – Derek Mackay, Member of Scottish Parliament and Government minister
- September – Jenni Fagan, novelist and poet
- 22 November – Neil McCallum, cricketer
- 28 November – Gavin Rae, international footballer
- 30 November – Rae Hendrie, television actress
Deaths[]
- 6 October – Molly Urquhart, actress (born 1906)[4]
- 30 November – Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, soldier, governor and chief scout (born 1895)
- 27 December – James Marshall, international footballer (born 1908)
The arts[]
- 19 August – Art punk band Skids, founded by Stuart Adamson, plays its first gig, in Dunfermline.
- First St Magnus Festival of the arts held on Orkney, organised by local residents including English composer Peter Maxwell Davies and Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown.
See also[]
- 1977 in Northern Ireland
References[]
- ^ "When Wembley turned tartan". BBC News. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ "KENNY DALGLISH TRANSFERRED TO LIVERPOOL FOR £440,000". Play up, Liverpool. 10 August 1977. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020.
- ^ Halford, Greg (10 October 2012). "Wales v Scotland: Four classic encounters". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ "Scottish Theatre Archive". University of Glasgow Library. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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