1976 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1976 Events from the year 1976 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Willie Ross until 8 April; then Bruce Millan Law officers Lord Advocate – Ronald King Murray Solicitor General for Scotland – John McCluskey, ennobled as Lord 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 18 January – The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party.http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_history/this_day/jan/18.html January 18 in Scottish History ScotClans 2014-09-09 6 February – Hunterston B nuclear power station begins generating electricity. 7 July – Scottish MP David Steel is elected as new leader of the Liberal Party. 14 October – Post Office Telephones take the UK's last manual public telephone exchange out of service on Portree. 11 November – Brent oilfield production begins in the East Shetland Basin. 12 November – Murder of Renee and Andrew MacRae: An Inverness woman and her 3-year-old son disappear; their murderer is eventually convicted in 2022 but their bodies are never found despite being Britain's longest-running missing persons case.The bone detective https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/apr/30/women.gender 2009-05-13 2008-04-30 The Guardian London Julie Bindel Julie Bindel 15 November – Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 receives royal assent, paving the way for licensed premises to open an extra hour, until 11 p.m., from 16 December, and for public houses to open on Sundays for the first time from 1977.' Licensing Act (Implementation), Commons, 16 November 1976', Hansard. 13 December — An extra hour of drinking allowed in pubs, until 11pm, from today. The Signet Office is merged into the Court of Session. Inverkip power station is commissioned. Whalsay Golf Club, Britain's most northerly, is founded in Shetland.The Club – History http://www.whalsaygolfclub.co.uk/index.php/members/history Whalsay Golf Club 2014-09-09 10 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195810/http://www.whalsaygolfclub.co.uk/index.php/members/history dead Births 13 January – Ross McCall, actor 20 January – Kirsty Gallacher, television presenterBBC One - Strictly Come Dancing - Kirsty Gallacher https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/tYpV3nQptxp75Ytzsj3HyC/kirsty-gallacher BBC 18 October 2021 23 February – Kelly Macdonald, actress 23 March – Chris Hoy, Olympic gold medal winning cyclistChris Hoy Biography, Medals, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Hoy www.britannica.com 4 December 2022 en 3 June – Gregg McClymont, historian and politician 5 June – Jack Ross, footballer and manager 19 June – Pippa Crerar, political journalist 20 July – Damian Barr, writer 4 August – Jock Zonfrillo, chef (died 2023 in Australia) 8 August – Laura Kuenssberg, Italian-born political journalist 10 August – Ian Murray, Labour MP for Edinburgh South 25 August – Gail McConnell, physicist 16 November – Danny Wallace, comedian and broadcast presenter Date unknown Tom Gauld, comic artist Chris Stout, fiddle player Deaths 8 January – Robert Forgan, Scottish-English physician and politician (born 1891) 11 February – Charlie Naughton, actor (born 1886) 18 February – William Robb, footballer (born 1895) 13 March – Ann Henderson, sculptor (born 1921) 28 March – Ian Garrow, army officer (born 1908) 22 April – Stanley Cursiter, painter and curator (born 1887) 28 May – Oliver Brown, nationalist political activist (born 1903) 20 October – Jane Duncan (Elizabeth Jane Cameron), novelist (born 1910) See also 1976 in Northern Ireland 1976 in Wales References Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1970s in Scotland Scotland