1977 in Scotland

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1977
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Scotland

Centuries:
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Decades:
  • 1950s
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  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1977 in: The UKWalesElsewhere
Scottish football: 1976–771977–78
1977 in Scottish television

Events from the year 1977 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

  • Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great SealBruce Millan

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateRonald King Murray
  • Solicitor General for ScotlandLord McCluskey

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice GeneralLord Emslie
  • Lord Justice ClerkLord Wheatley
  • Chairman of the Scottish Land CourtLord Birsay

Events[]

  • 3 May1977 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 AugustKenny 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 NovemberTam 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 MarchScott Wilson, footballer
  • 30 MarchHugo Rifkind, journalist
  • 18 AprilJonathan Rowson, chess grandmaster
  • 12 MayGraeme Dott, snooker player
  • 30 JulyDerek Mackay, Member of Scottish Parliament and Government minister
  • September – Jenni Fagan, novelist and poet
  • 22 NovemberNeil McCallum, cricketer
  • 28 NovemberGavin Rae, international footballer
  • 30 NovemberRae Hendrie, television actress

Deaths[]

  • 6 OctoberMolly Urquhart, actress (born 1906)[4]
  • 30 NovemberThomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, soldier, governor and chief scout (born 1895)
  • 27 DecemberJames Marshall, international footballer (born 1908)

The arts[]

  • 19 AugustArt 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[]

  1. ^ "When Wembley turned tartan". BBC News. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. ^ "KENNY DALGLISH TRANSFERRED TO LIVERPOOL FOR £440,000". Play up, Liverpool. 10 August 1977. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020.
  3. ^ Halford, Greg (10 October 2012). "Wales v Scotland: Four classic encounters". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Scottish Theatre Archive". University of Glasgow Library. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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