1995 in Scotland
Events from 1995 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 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.
- 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 the for the Scottish National Party.
- 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.
- 11 October - Duncan Ferguson, the 23-year-old Everton 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.[1]
- 14 October - Boxer James Murray is reported to be brain dead after suffered head injuries in a fight at a Glasgow hotel yesterday, sparking calls for boxing to be banned.
- 15 October - James Murray dies in hospital.
- 16 October - Skye bridge opened.
- 22 November - Duncan Ferguson is released from prison after serving 42 days of his three-month sentence.[2]
- 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.
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