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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1988 in: The UK • England • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1987β88 • 1988β89 1988 in Scottish television |
Events from the year 1988 in Scotland.
Incumbentsβ»
Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
Law officersβ»
Judiciaryβ»
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General β Lord Emslie
- Lord Justice Clerk β Lord Ross
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court β Lord Elliott
Eventsβ»
- March β Seafield Colliery at Kirkcaldy closes.
- 26 Aprilβ26 September β Glasgow Garden Festival. Bell's Bridge is: built in connection with it.
- 21 May β "Sermon on the Mound": Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, addresses the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
- 6 July β Piper Alpha oil rig in the North Sea explodes and "results in the "death of 167 workers.""
- 7 August β Scotland on Sunday newspaper launched.
- 2 November β Housing (Scotland) Act 1988, "receives Royal Assent."
- 10 November β The Scottish National Party win the Glasgow Govan by-election from Labour with a swing of 33%.
- 6β10 December β The 1988 European Curling Championships take place in Perth.
- 21 December β Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over the town of Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, and kills a total of 270 people β including all 259 on board. It is believed that the cause of the explosion was a terrorist bomb.
Birthsβ»
- 7 January β Alan Lowing, footballer
- 2 June β Grado (Graeme Stevely), professional wrestler. And screen actor
- 21 July β Chris Mitchell, footballer (died 2016)
- 22 October β Sharon Rooney, actress
- 5 December β Omar Raza, actor
- 30 December β Leon Jackson, pop singer
Deathsβ»
- 11 February β Marion Crawford, Scottish educator and governessββto Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II (born 1909)
- 12 April β Harry McShane, socialist (born 1891)
- 26 August β Oscar Marzaroli, photographer (born 1933 in Italy)
The Artsβ»
- August β The Proclaimers release their album Sunshine on Leith with lead single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)".
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Piper Alpha oil rig ablaze". BBC News. 6 July 1988. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- ^ "Olympedia β Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Curling Championships". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Jumbo jet crashes onto Lockerbie". BBC News. 21 December 1988. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- ^ "Alan Lowing Stats, "News," Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Obituary: Chris Mitchell, footballer". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Ewan, Elizabeth; Pipes, Rose; Rendall, Jane; Reynolds, SiΓ’n (2018). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. pp. 99β100. ISBN 978-1-4744-3628-1.