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Events from the year 1995 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth II
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Ian Lang until 5 July; then Michael Forsyth
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- Early – deep-fried Mars bar originated at Haven Chip Bar in Stonehaven.[1]
- 6 April – local elections are held for the 29 new mainland unitary authorities that will replace the Regional and District Councils next year.
- 7 April – Rob Roy, starring Liam Neeson as Robert Roy MacGregor, is released.
- 18 April – Caledonian MacBrayne Ullapool-Stornoway ferry MV Isle of Lewis is launched at Ferguson Shipbuilders' Port Glasgow yard.
- 24 May – Braveheart, directed by and starring Mel Gibson as William Wallace, is released. It goes on to win five Academy Awards at the 68th Academy Awards.
- 25 May – Perth by-election: Roseanna Cunningham wins for the Scottish National Party with a swing of 11.6%.
- 16 June – FirstBus is formed by merger of Badgerline with GRT Group of Aberdeen.
- 19 July – the Children (Scotland) Act, which seeks to put into legislation the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, receives the Royal Assent.
- 17 August – Arran distillery opens.
- 11 October – Duncan Ferguson, the 23-year-old Everton F.C. striker, receives a three-month prison sentence for assaulting an opponent while playing for Rangers 18 months ago. Ferguson is the first British footballer to be jailed for an on-field offence.[2]
- 12 October – boxer James Murray suffers serious head injuries in a fight at a Glasgow hotel, leading to a declaration of brain death on 15 October, sparking calls for boxing to be banned.
- 16 October – Skye bridge opened.
- November – the first onshore wind farm in Scotland, Hagshaw Hill in South Lanarkshire, is commissioned.[3]
- 22 November – Duncan Ferguson is released from prison after serving 42 days of his three-month sentence.[4]
- 30 November – Scottish Constitutional Convention publishes its blueprint for devolution, Scotland's Parliament, Scotland's Right.
- 30 December – Altnaharra matches the lowest temperature UK Weather Record at -27.2oC.
The arts
- Dunedin Consort formed.
- Andrew O'Hagan's first novel, The Missing, is published.
- Alan Warner's first novel, Morvern Callar is published; it is a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1996.
Births
- 21 January – David McNeil, footballer
- 11 April – Thomas Muirhead, curler
- 20 June – Caroline Weir, footballer
- 6 October – Ross Muir, snooker player
- 19 December – Lewis Vaughan, footballer
Deaths
- 14 January – Alexander Gibson, conductor and opera intendant (born 1926)
- 19 February – Nicholas Fairbairn, lawyer and Conservative politician (born 1933)
- 9 October – Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel, Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1903)
- 15 October – James Murray, boxer (born 1969)
- 24 October – Ronnie Selby Wright, Church of Scotland minister (born 1908)
See also
References
- ↑ "Mars supper, please". Daily Record. Glasgow. 2005-08-24.
- ↑ Brennan, Richard (1995-10-12). "Soccer player jailed for foul play". The Independent. London.
- ↑ "Hagshaw Hill Wind Farm". Wind Power Case Studies. University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
- ↑ O'Keeffe, Barry (2010-01-11). "Top 10 sporting jailbirds: 4. Duncan Ferguson". The Sun. London. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
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