2002 in Scotland
2002 in Scotland |
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2001-02 in Scottish football |
2002-03 in Scottish football |
2002 in Scottish television |
Events from 2002 in Scotland
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Events
- February - 2002 Winter Olympics: The gold medal in women's curling is won by an all-Scottish team representing Great Britain in Salt Lake City skipped by Rhona Martin.
- 14 March - Stirling is granted city status in the United Kingdom by the Queen to mark her Golden Jubilee.[1]
- 10 February - The preschool television series Balamory made by BBC Scotland is first broadcast, nationally.
- 14 March - Appeal of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi against a conviction for murder in connection with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie is rejected and the Scottish Court in the Netherlands is decommissioned.
- 19 March - A lesbian couple are granted parental rights over their children by an Edinburgh court.[2]
- 29 March - Coal mining in Scotland, which has a history stretching back more than 800 years,[3] comes to an end with the closure of Longannet coal mine in Fife after its owners go into liquidation following flooding, putting more than 500 people out of work.[4]
- 30 March - Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother dies aged 101 at Royal Lodge, Windsor.[5]
- 1 May - Airdrieonians, of the Scottish Football League Division One, go into liquidation with debts of £3million.[6]
- May - The Scottish Parliament meets during this month in the University of Aberdeen.[7]
- 24 May - Falkirk Wheel boat lift opens in Scotland, also marking reopening of the Union Canal for leisure traffic.
- 28 May - The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 receives Royal Assent.
- 9 July - Clydebank F.C. of the Scottish Football League Second Division become defunct after a takeover by the owners of the new Airdrie United club, who take their place in the Scottish league.[8]
- 24 July - Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park created, Scotland's first national park.[9]
- 30 July - 2002 Glasgow floods result from heavy rain overnight.
- 1 August - The Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002, that bans traditional fox hunting and hare coursing, comes into effect.
- Millennium Bridge, Glasgow, opens to pedestrians.
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