1995 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1995 Events from the year 1995 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland 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.Daily Record Glasgow Mars supper, please 2005-08-24 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 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 1995, which seeks to put into legislation the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, receives 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.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/soccer-player-jailed-for-foul-play-1577101.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/soccer-player-jailed-for-foul-play-1577101.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Soccer player jailed for foul play London The Independent Richard Brennan 1995-10-12 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.Hagshaw Hill Wind Farm http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/01-02/RE_info/wind1.htm Wind Power Case Studies University of Strathclyde 2014-07-22 3 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103072415/http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/01-02/RE_info/wind1.htm dead 8 November – Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 passed. 24 November – Duncan Ferguson is released from prison after serving half of his three-month sentence.Tinning William Ferguson in hiding after release https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12061694.ferguson-in-hiding-after-release/ 16 June 2024 The Herald 25 November 1995 en 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, footballerChloe Arthur - Player Profile - Football https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/chloe-arthur_prs442492/person.shtml Eurosport UK 27 April 2020 David McNeil, footballerDavid McNeil Stats, News, Bio https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/177858/david-mcneil?src=com ESPN 26 April 2020 en 22 February – Ryan Christie, footballer 31 March – Fiona Brown, footballerFiona Brown Scotland Scottish FA https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=117030&lid=2 www.scottishfa.co.uk 27 April 2020 11 April – Thomas Muirhead, curler 21 April – Thomas Doherty, actor and singer 20 June – Caroline Weir, footballerCaroline Weir Scotland Scottish FA https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=98636&lid=2 www.scottishfa.co.uk 26 April 2020 14 July – Megan Cunningham, footballerMegan Cunningham - Player Profile - Football https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/megan-cunningham_prs421545/person.shtml Eurosport UK 27 April 2020 6 October – Ross Muir, snooker player 1 December – Jenna Fife, footballerJenna Fife Scotland Scottish FA https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=152472&lid=2 www.scottishfa.co.uk 28 April 2020 11 December – Abbi Grant, footballerAbbi Grant https://www.bcfc.com/birmingham-city-women/players/abbi-grant/ Birmingham City Football Club 28 April 2020 en 22 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200522071228/https://www.bcfc.com/birmingham-city-women/players/abbi-grant/ dead 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 1995 in Northern Ireland References collapsed Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1990s in Scotland Scotland