1994 in Scotland
1994 in Scotland |
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See also |
1993-94 in Scottish football |
1994-95 in Scottish football |
1994 in Scottish television |
Events from 1994 in Scotland
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Events
- March - Strathclyde water referendum indicates overwhelming opposition to the privatisation of water.
- 5 May - Elections are held for Scotland's Regional Councils.
- 19 May - Robert Black, jailed for life four years ago for abducting a seven-year-old girl in the Scottish Borders, is found guilty of murdering three girls in the 1980s and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum term of 35 years.
- 2 June - Chinook crash on Mull of Kintyre: An RAF Chinook helicopter carrying more than twenty leading intelligence experts crashes on the Mull of Kintyre, killing everyone on board.[1]
- 9 June - European Elections result in Labour winning six of Scotland's eight MEPs, with the SNP winning the other two.
- 25 June - The Greenock rail accident, caused by vandals placing concrete blocks on the rails, kills two people.
- 30 June - Monklands East by-election results in Labour retaining the seat despite a swing of 19.2% to the SNP.
- 3 November - The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, that will reorganise local government by creating 32 unitary authorities, receives the Royal Assent.
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