1984 in Scotland
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1984 in Scotland |
Years |
1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
Centuries |
18th century | 19th century | 20th century | 21st century |
See also |
1983-84 in Scottish football |
1984-85 in Scottish football |
1984 in Scottish television |
Events from 1984 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 12 March - 1984/5 Miner's Strike: Polmaise Colliery is the first mine in Scotland to witness a walkout of its workers.[1]
- 16 April - Culmination of the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars with the murder by arson of six members of the Doyle family.
- 3 May - 1984/5 Miner's Strike: Nearly 300 miners are arrested outside Ravenscraig in clashes with police as they try to stop lorries laden with coal entering[2]
- 14 June - Elections to the European Parliament result in Labour gaining three seats from the Conservatives to win 5 of the 8 in Scotland, with the Conservatives reduced to two and the SNP retaining the one they previously held.[3]
- 30 July - The Polmont rail accident occurred at Polmont, near Falkirk, when an express train from Edinburgh to Glasgow, travelling at high speed, struck a cow which had wandered onto the track near Polmont station, derailing several carriages and resulting in 13 deaths and 61 injuries.[4]
Births
- 27 February - Catriona Forrest, field hockey player
- 25 October - Adam MacKenzie, field hockey defender
Deaths
- 15 April - Alexander Trocchi, writer (b. 1925)
- Jean Bain of Crathie, Aberdeenshire, last speaker of Deeside Gaelic (b. Jean McDonald, 1890)[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Two miners from Polmaise Colliery reflect on strike of 1984 STV, accessed 1 January 2012
- ↑ 1984 Miner's Strike saw 300 arrests in one day at Ravenscraig wishawpress.co.uk, accessed 1 January 2012
- ↑ European Parliamentary Elections www.alba.org.uk, accessed 3 Junuary 2012
- ↑ Department of Transport; Major A.G.B. King (1985). Railway Accident: Report on the Derailment that occurred on 30th July 1984 near Polmont in the Scottish Region, British Railways. HMSO. ISBN 0-11-550685-3.
- ↑ Watson, Adam; Clement, R. D. (1983). "Aberdeenshire Gaelic". Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness 52: 373–404.
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