1986 in Scotland
1986 in Scotland |
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1985-86 in Scottish football |
1986-87 in Scottish football |
1986 in Scottish television |
Events from 1986 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
- 26 March - Kenny Dalglish becomes the first Scotland national football team player to be capped 100 times at senior level.
- 8 May - Scottish local Regional elections, 1986, result in the Conservatives losing control of the two Regional Councils where they previously held a majority: Grampian and Tayside.
- 24 July–2 August - Commonwealth Games held in Edinburgh.
- 9 September - MS Norsea launched at Govan, the largest passenger ship built on the Clyde (31785 GT) and last large passenger ship built in the U.K.
- 26 October - Bus deregulation in Great Britain: First Magic Bus (Stagecoach) operation, in Glasgow.
- 6 November - 1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash: 45 oil workers killed when a Chinook helicopter carrying them from the Brent oilfield crashes in Shetland.[1]
- Scottish Unionist Party established.
- The millionth council house in the United Kingdom is sold to its tenants in Scotland, seven years after the right to buy scheme was launched.[2]
Births
- 18 June - Richard Madden, actor
- 13 November - Kevin Bridges, stand-up comedian
Deaths
- 21 September - Bill Simpson, actor (born 1931)
The Arts
- Robert Alan Jamieson's novel Thin Wealth and Shetland Scots poetry collection Shoormal are published.
See also
References
- ↑ "1986: Oil workers die in helicopter crash". BBC News. 1986-11-06. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ↑ Thatcher, Margaret (1986-10-10). "Speech to Conservative Party Conference". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
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