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Events from the year 1996 in Scotland
Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth II
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Michael Forsyth
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Hope until 1 October; then Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ross
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Philip, then Lord McGhie
Events
- 13 March – Dunblane school massacre – a gunman kills sixteen children, their teacher and himself at a primary school in Dunblane, Stirling. The killer, who wounded thirteen other children and another teacher, is quickly identified as 43-year-old former scout leader Thomas Watt Hamilton.[1]
- 1 April – The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 takes effect with 32 unitary councils replacing the 9 Regional Councils, 53 District Councils and 3 unitary authorities that had been established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
- 18 May – Rangers F.C., who have already won the Scottish Football League title, complete the Scottish double by beating Hearts 5–1 in the Scottish Cup final.
- 5 July – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at The Roslin Institute in Midlothian.
- October – The Shetland Times and The Shetland News become involved in a landmark legal case over alleged copyright infringement and deep linking in their websites.[2]
- 9 November – Irvine, North Ayrshire, is designated a New Town, the last of the five created in Scotland.
- 30 November (St. Andrew's Day) – The Stone of Scone is installed in Edinburgh Castle 700 years after it was removed from Scotland by King Edward I of England.[3]
- Edinburgh Old Town and New Town become the first World Heritage Site in mainland Scotland.
- First of the Maggie's Centres for drop-in cancer care in the UK opens in Edinburgh.
Births
- 13 January – Craig Storie, footballer
- 8 February – Jaison McGrath, footballer
- 1 March – Lizzie Arnot, footballer[4]
- 15 March – Seonaid McIntosh, sport shooter[5]
- 19 March – Kaiya Jones, actress
- 9 May – Grace Reid, diver[6]
- 3 August – Robert MacIntyre, golfer
- 10 August – Lauren Tait, netball player[7]
Deaths
- 23 January – Norman MacCaig, poet (born 1910)
- 6 March – Stanley Booth-Clibborn, retired bishop of Manchester (born 1924 in London)
- 19 March – W. H. Murray, mountaineer and writer (born 1913)
- 13 April – George Mackay Brown, poet (born 1921)
- 14 April – David Brand, Lord Brand, advocate, sheriff and Senator of the College of Justice (born 1923)
- 16 August – Eric Cullen, actor famous for playing "Wee Burnie" in Rab C. Nesbitt (born 1965)
- 24 November – Sorley MacLean, poet (born 1911)
The arts
- January – Indie pop band Belle and Sebastian is formed in Glasgow; on 6 June their debut album Tigermilk is released.
- James MacMillan's first opera Inés de Castro is premièred by Scottish Opera in Glasgow.
- Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow opens.
See also
References
- ^ "1996: Massacre in Dunblane school gym". BBC News. 13 March 1996. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
- ^ "The Shetland Times v. The Shetland News". The 'Lectric Law Library. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ Lynch, Michael (ed.). The Oxford companion to Scottish history. Oxford University Press. p. 570. ISBN 9780199693054.
- ^ "Lizzie Arnot | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Seonaid McIntosh". Team Scotland. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Diving | Athlete Profile: Grace REID - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "LAUREN TAIT". Strathclyde Sirens. Retrieved 14 February 2020.