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Events from the year 1998 in Scotland.
Incumbents
[edit]Law officers
[edit]Judiciary
[edit]- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Cullen
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord McGhie
Events
[edit]- 7 March – Outer Hebrides community radio station Isles FM is launched, broadcasting from studios in Stornoway.
- 31 March – The last Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouse is converted to automatic operation without resident keepers, Fair Isle South.
- 25 May – Torness Nuclear Power Station commissioned near the town of Dunbar, East Lothian.
- 31 May – The Sky Scottish satellite television channel closes after eighteen months on air.
- 10 June – Scotland open the 1998 World Cup, playing champions Brazil in France, though they lose 2-1 after a deflected goal in the seventy-sixth minute.[1]
- 16 June – Scotland draw 1–1 against Norway in their second game of the World Cup.
- 23 June – Scotland lose 3–0 to Morocco in their final group stage match of the world Cup, failing to qualify for the next round.
- August – Edinburgh Modular Arm System, the world's first bionic arm, is fitted.[2]
- 24 August – The Netherlands is selected as the venue for the trial of the two Libyans who are charged with the Lockerbie aircraft bombing that killed 270 people in December 1988.
- 5 October – Fife radio station Kingdom FM is launched, broadcasting from studios in Markinch.
- November – Scottish Socialist Party established.
- 19 November – The Scotland Act, the legislation to set up a devolved unicameral Scottish Parliament, receives its royal assent.[3]
- 30 November – new Museum of Scotland opened in Edinburgh.
- 26 December – great Boxing Day Storm: severe gale force winds hit Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England. Roads, railways and electricity are disrupted.
Births
[edit]- 1 March – Mili Smith, curler[4]
- 23 May – Ross Cunningham, footballer
- 19 July – Erin Cuthbert, footballer[5]
- 22 September – Isis Hainsworth, actress[6]
- 20 October – Jordan Allan, footballer
Deaths
[edit]- 10 March – Ian Dunn, gay and paedophile rights activist, founder of the Scottish Minorities Group (born 1943)[7]
- 7 April – James McIntosh Patrick, landscape painter (born 1907)
- 15 October – Iain Crichton Smith, poet (born 1928)
- 21 October – Sir Alec Cairncross, economist (born 1911)
- November – Robin Hall, folk singer (born 1936)
- 8 November – Rumer Godden, novelist (born 1907 in England)
The arts
[edit]- Martyn Bennett's Celtic fusion album Bothy Culture is released.
- Kevin MacNeil's poetry collection Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides is published in Edinburgh.
- The BBC Scotland television drama Looking After Jo Jo, starring Robert Carlyle, is screened.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "A Sporting Nation". BBC. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "EMAS: The first bionic arm". National Museums Scotland. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Devolution". Scotland Office. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "Mili Smith". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Erin Cuthbert | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". ChelseaFC. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (9 April 2021). "'Metal Lords' Actor Isis Hainsworth Takes Major Role in Lena Dunham's 'Catherine Called Birdy'". Variety. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ Obituary: Ian Dunn | The Independent