1975 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1975 Events from the year 1975 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Willie Ross Law officers Lord Advocate – Ronald King Murray Solicitor General for Scotland – John McCluskey Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Wheatley Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Birsay Events January – Dounreay Prototype Fast Reactor begins to feed electric power to the National Grid. 22 January – Radio Forth begins broadcasting to the Edinburgh area.http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/reference/ilrdates.php Radiomusications Independent Local Radio Stations ((TBS Editors)) https://web.archive.org/web/20101114020730/http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/reference/ilrdates.php 2010-11-14 2010-11-14 2010-02-18 5 May – the Scottish Daily News begins publication in Glasgow. It is Britain's first worker-controlled, mass-circulation daily, formed as a workers' cooperative by 500 staff made redundant when the Scottish Daily Express closed its printing operations in Scotland and moved to Manchester. 16 May – local government in Scotland reorganised under terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973: counties, large burghs and small burghs and existing districts are completely abolished and replaced by a uniform two-tier system of regional and district councils (except in the islands, which have unitary authorities). The districts of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow are accorded city status in the United Kingdom; Elgin and Perth lose this status (although Perth regains it later). County, burgh and amalgamated constabularies are merged into eight regional police forces. 11 June – the first North Sea oil is pumped ashore at the Sullom Voe Terminal in Shetland. 24 September – Currie-born climber Dougal Haston and Englishman Doug Scott become the first British people to reach the summit of Mount Everest via the previously unclimbed south-west face.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/24/newsid_2538000/2538093.stm 1975: First Britons conquer Everest BBC News 2008-02-06 24 September 1975 https://web.archive.org/web/20080307132259/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/24/newsid_2538000/2538093.stm 7 March 2008 live 3 November – a petroleum pipeline from Cruden Bay to Grangemouth Refinery is formally opened by the Queen.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/3/newsid_2538000/2538155.stm 1975: North Sea oil begins to flow BBC News 2008-02-06 1975-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20080307132153/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/3/newsid_2538000/2538155.stm 2008-03-07 live 8 November – the Scottish Daily News ceases publication. 23 December – Ballachulish Bridge is opened in the West Highlands, replacing a ferry.Scotland Chris Townsend Milnthorpe Cicerone Press 2011 9781852844424 24 December – 'Great Mull Air Mystery': Peter Gibbs vanishes after taking off from Glenforsa Airfield on a solo night flight; his body is found 4 months later on a hillside. December – First production from the Auk oilfield in the North Sea. date unknown Reintroduction of the white-tailed eagle to the Isle of Rùm begins.Love J. A. 1983 The Return of the Sea Eagle Cambridge University Press 0-521-25513-9 John Watson's Institution in Edinburgh closes (founded 1762) Births 18 May – John Higgins, snooker player 23 June – KT Tunstall, born Kate V. Tunstall, rock singer-songwriter 7 July – Richard Arkless, politician 24 July – Laura Fraser, actress 28 September – Kelly Cates, née Dalglish, television sports presenter 9 October – Joe McFadden, actor 12 November – Katherine Grainger, rowerDame Katherine Grainger DBE https://www.britishrowing.org/athlete/katherine-grainger/ British Rowing 26 November 2020 15 December – Ayesha Hazarika, comedian and political commentator Zoë Strachan, novelist Deaths 15 January – Sydney Goodsir Smith, Lallans poet (born 1915 in New Zealand) 2 March – Helen Cruickshank, poet, suffragette and nationalist (born 1886) 5 March – George Friel, novelist (born 1910) 13 March – Jeannie Robertson, folk singer (born 1908) 28 March – Abe Moffat, miner, trade unionist and communist activist (born 1896) 3 April – Mary Ure, actress (born 1933) 8 June – Douglas Guthrie, otolaryngologist and medical historian (born 1885) 21 June – Sir Robert Matthew, modernist architect (born 1906) 20 July – Fionn MacColla, novelist (born 1906) The arts John Quigley's historical novel King's Royal is published. See also 1975 in Northern Ireland References Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1970s in Scotland Scotland