1998 in Scotland

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Scottish football: 1997–98 • 1998–99
1998 in Scottish television

Events from the year 1998 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
  • Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Donald Dewar

Law officers[]

  • Lord Advocate – Lord Hardie
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – Colin Boyd

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
  • Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Cullen
  • Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord McGhie

Events[]

  • 7 March – Outer Hebrides community radio station Isles FM is launched, broadcasting from studios in Stornoway.
  • 31 March – The last Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouse is converted to automatic operation without resident keepers, Fair Isle South.
  • 25 May – Torness Nuclear Power Station commissioned near the town of Dunbar, East Lothian.
  • 31 May – The Sky Scottish satellite television channel closes after eighteen months on air.
  • 10 June – Scotland open the 1998 World Cup, playing champions Brazil in France, though they lose 2-1 after a deflected goal in the seventy-sixth minute.[1]
  • 16 June – Scotland draw 1–1 against Norway in their second game of the World Cup.
  • 23 June – Scotland lose 3–0 to Morocco in their final group stage match of the world Cup, failing to qualify for the next round.
  • August – Edinburgh Modular Arm System, the world's first bionic arm, is fitted.[2]
  • 24 August – The Netherlands is selected as the venue for the trial of the two Libyans who are charged with the Lockerbie aircraft bombing that killed 270 people in December 1988.
  • 5 October – Fife radio station Kingdom FM is launched, broadcasting from studios in Markinch.
  • November – Scottish Socialist Party established.
  • 19 November – The Scotland Act, the legislation to set up a devolved unicameral Scottish Parliament, receives its royal assent.[3]
  • 30 November – new Museum of Scotland opened in Edinburgh.
  • 26 December – great Boxing Day Storm: severe gale force winds hit Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England. Roads, railways and electricity are disrupted.

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • 10 March – Ian Dunn, gay and paedophile rights activist, founder of the Scottish Minorities Group (born 1943)[6]
  • 7 April – James McIntosh Patrick, landscape painter (born 1907)
  • 15 October – Iain Crichton Smith, poet (born 1928)
  • 21 October – Sir Alec Cairncross, economist (born 1911)
  • November – Robin Hall, folk singer (born 1936)
  • 8 November – Rumer Godden, novelist (born 1907 in England)

The arts[]

  • Martyn Bennett's Celtic fusion album Bothy Culture is released.
  • Kevin MacNeil's poetry collection Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides is published in Edinburgh.
  • The BBC Scotland television drama Looking After Jo Jo, starring Robert Carlyle, is screened.

See also[]

  • 1998 in Northern Ireland

References[]

  1. ^ "A Sporting Nation". BBC. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  2. ^ "EMAS: The first bionic arm". National Museums Scotland. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Devolution". Scotland Office. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Mili Smith". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Erin Cuthbert | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". ChelseaFC. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. ^ Obituary: Ian Dunn | The Independent
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