1973 in Scotland
1974 in Scotland |
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See also |
1972-73 in Scottish football |
1973-74 in Scottish football |
1973 in Scottish television |
Events from 1973 in Scotland
Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
Events
- 1 January - Most of the west coast shipping services of David MacBrayne are merged with those of the Caledonian Steam Packet Company as Caledonian MacBrayne.
- 1 March - Dundee East by-election: Labour retains the seat by only 1,141 votes in the face of a strong SNP challenge.
- 17 July - Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire, is formally designated as a New Town.[1] but never developed.
- 25 October - Local Government (Scotland) Act initiates a major reorganisation of local government in Scotland with effect from May 1975).
- 26 October - Firefighters in Glasgow stage a one-day strike following a pay dispute. Troops are drafted in to run the fire stations.
- 31 October - The Kilbrandon Report is published and recommends the establishment of a directly elected Scottish Assembly.
- 8 November - Glasgow Govan by-election results in Margo MacDonald of the SNP gaining the seat from Labour on a 26.7% swing. In a second Scottish by election that day, the Conservatives retain Edinburgh North.
- 31 December - Radio Clyde begins broadcasting, from Clydebank.
Births
- 18 March - Patrick Harvie, Green politician
- 10 May - Dario Franchitti, racing driver
- 14 May - Fraser Nelson, political journalist
- Iain Finlay Macleod, playwright and novelist
Deaths
- 15 January - Neil M. Gunn, novelist, critic, and dramatist (born 1891)
- 23 September - A. S. Neill, progressive educator and author (born 1883)
- 8 October - John Rankin, Labour politician (born 1890)
- 5 December - Robert Watson-Watt, pioneer of radar (born 1892)
- 30 December - D. E. Stevenson (Dorothy Peploe), romantic novelist (born 1892)
- Sir William Gillies, painter (born 1898)
- F. Marian McNeill, folklorist (born 1885)
The Arts
- 31 March - John McGrath's play The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil is premiered by 7:84 in Aberdeen.
- 11 May–8 June - The political thriller Scotch on the Rocks, concerning a terrorist group fighting for Scottish independence in the near future, is broadcast by BBC Scotland.
- Canongate Books is established as a publisher in Edinburgh.
- George Mackay Brown's novel Magnus is published.
- Celtic rock group Runrig formed on Skye.
See also
References
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 19294. p. 951. 14 August 1973. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
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