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词条 1995 in Scotland
释义

  1. Incumbents

      Law officers    Judiciary  

  2. Events

  3. The arts

  4. Births

  5. Deaths

  6. See also

  7. References

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Events from the year 1995 in Scotland.

Incumbents

{{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}}
  • Monarch – Elizabeth II
  • 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 – deep-fried Mars bar originated at Haven Chip Bar in Stonehaven.[1]
  • 6 April – 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 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.
  • 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 18 months ago. 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]
  • 22 November – Duncan Ferguson is released from prison after serving 42 days of his three-month sentence.[4]
  • 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 -27.2oC.

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 – David McNeil, footballer
  • 11 April – Thomas Muirhead, curler
  • 20 June – Caroline Weir, footballer
  • 6 October – Ross Muir, snooker player
  • 19 December – Lewis Vaughan, footballer

Deaths

  • 14 January – Alexander Gibson, conductor and opera intendant (born 1926)
  • 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

  • 1995 in Northern Ireland

References

1. ^{{cite news|newspaper=Daily Record|location=Glasgow|title=Mars supper, please|date=2005-08-24}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/soccer-player-jailed-for-foul-play-1577101.html|title=Soccer player jailed for foul play| location=London|newspaper=The Independent|first=Richard|last=Brennan|date=1995-10-12}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Hagshaw Hill Wind Farm|url=http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/01-02/RE_info/wind1.htm|work=Wind Power Case Studies|publisher=University of Strathclyde|accessdate=2014-07-22}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/top10s/2780603/Top-10-sporting-jailbirds.html?offset=7|title=Top 10 sporting jailbirds: 4. Duncan Ferguson|first=Barry|last=O'Keeffe|work=The Sun|location=London|date=2010-01-11|accessdate=2011-01-19}}
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