Events from the year 1995 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Ian Lang until 5 July; then Michael Forsyth
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Lord Rodger of Earlsferry; then Donald Mackay
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Dawson; then Donald Mackay; then Paul Cullen
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Hope
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ross
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Philip
Events
- Early – The Deep-fried Mars bar originates at Haven Chip Bar in Stonehaven.[1]
- 6 April – 1995 Scottish local elections are held for the 29 new mainland unitary authorities that will replace the Regional and District Councils next year.
- 7 April – Rob Roy, starring Liam Neeson as Robert Roy MacGregor, is released.
- 18 April – Caledonian MacBrayne Ullapool-Stornoway ferry MV Isle of Lewis is launched at Ferguson Shipbuilders' Port Glasgow yard.
- 24 May – Braveheart, directed by and starring Mel Gibson as William Wallace, is released; it goes on to win five Academy Awards at the 68th Academy Awards.
- 25 May – Perth and Kinross by-election: Roseanna Cunningham wins for the Scottish National Party with a swing of 11.6%.
- 16 June – FirstBus is formed by merger of Badgerline with GRT Group of Aberdeen.
- 17 June - Pride March The first Pride march in Scotland gathers on Barony Street in Edinburgh on 17 June.
- 19 July – The Children (Scotland) Act, which seeks to put into legislation the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, receives the Royal Assent.
- 17 August – Arran distillery opens.
- 11 October – Duncan Ferguson, the 23-year-old Everton F.C. striker, receives a three-month prison sentence for assaulting an opponent while playing for Rangers F.C eighteen months earlier. Ferguson is the first British footballer to be jailed for an on-field offence.[2]
- 12 October – Boxer James Murray suffers serious head injuries in a fight at a Glasgow hotel, leading to a declaration of brain death on 15 October, sparking calls for boxing to be banned.
- 16 October – Skye bridge opened.
- November – The first onshore wind farm in Scotland, Hagshaw Hill in South Lanarkshire, is commissioned.[3]
- 8 November – Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 passed.
- 22 November – Duncan Ferguson is released from prison after serving 42 days of his three-month sentence.[citation needed]
- 30 November – Scottish Constitutional Convention publishes its blueprint for devolution, Scotland's Parliament, Scotland's Right.
- 30 December – Altnaharra matches the lowest temperature UK Weather Record at -27.2 °C.
The arts
- Dunedin Consort formed.
- Andrew O'Hagan's first novel, The Missing, is published.
- Alan Warner's first novel, Morvern Callar is published; it is a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1996.
Births
- 21 January
- Chloe Arthur, footballer[4]
- David McNeil, footballer[5]
- 31 March – Fiona Brown, footballer[6]
- 11 April – Thomas Muirhead, curler
- 21 April – Thomas Doherty, actor and singer
- 20 June – Caroline Weir, footballer[7]
- 14 July – Megan Cunningham, footballer[8]
- 6 October – Ross Muir, snooker player
- 1 December – Jenna Fife, footballer[9]
- 11 December – Abbi Grant, footballer[10]
- 19 December – Lewis Vaughan, footballer
Deaths
- 14 January – Alexander Gibson, conductor and opera intendant (born 1926)
- February – Robert Stewart, textile designer (born 1924)
- 19 February – Nicholas Fairbairn, lawyer and Conservative politician (born 1933)
- 19 April – Neil Paterson, writer and footballer (born 1915)
- 9 October – Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel, Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1903)
- 15 October – James Murray, boxer (born 1969)
- 24 October – Ronnie Selby Wright, Church of Scotland minister (born 1908)
See also
References
- ^ "Mars supper, please". Daily Record. Glasgow. 24 August 2005.
- ^ Brennan, Richard (12 October 1995). "Soccer player jailed for foul play". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Hagshaw Hill Wind Farm". Wind Power Case Studies. University of Strathclyde. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ^ "Chloe Arthur - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "David McNeil Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Fiona Brown | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Caroline Weir | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Megan Cunningham - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Jenna Fife | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Abbi Grant". Birmingham City Football Club. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.