1978 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1978 Events from the year 1978 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Bruce Millan Law officers Lord Advocate – Ronald King Murray Solicitor General for Scotland – 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, then Lord Elliott Events 9 February – Gordon McQueen, 25-year-old Scotland central defender, becomes Britain's first £500,000 footballer in a transfer from Leeds United to Manchester United.£500,000 McQueen https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c45AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2qQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6539,1944277&dq=gordon-mcqueen&hl=en Glasgow Herald 10 February 1978 8 March 2012 13 April – Glasgow Garscadden by-election: Donald Dewar retains the seat for Labour with only a 3.6% swing to the Scottish National Party. 31 May – Hamilton by-election: George Robertson retains the seat for Labour, thwarting a strong challenge from the SNP. 16 July – the Strathspey Railway opens for regular tourist traffic, the oldest continuously operating steam-worked heritage railway in Scotland, from Boat of Garten to Aviemore. 31 July – the Scotland Act 1978, to establish a Scottish Assembly, receives royal assent. August – first production from the Dunlin oilfield in the North Sea. 17 October – a cull of grey seals in the Orkney and Western Islands is reduced after a public outcry.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/17/newsid_2491000/2491329.stm 1978: Grey seal cull dramatically reduced 27 January 2008 17 October 1978 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20080129165440/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/17/newsid_2491000/2491329.stm 29 January 2008 live 26 October – Berwick and East Lothian by-election: Labour retains the seat with a swing of 0.8% from the Conservatives. 25 November – first North Sea oil comes ashore at the Sullom Voe Terminal in Shetland via the Brent System pipeline. 4–9 December – The 1978 European Curling Championships take place in Aviemore.Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Curling Championships https://www.olympedia.org/lists/195/manual www.olympedia.org 4 February 2024 The nationalist group Siol nan Gaidheal is formed. Births 16 March – Anneliese Dodds, Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Chair of the Labour Party (UK) 30 March – Chris Paterson, rugby player 3 May – Lawrence Tynes, American football player 14 May – Emma Rochlin, field hockey defender 20 June – Julie Fowlis, Gaelic folk singer 21 July – Gary Teale, footballer 25 October – Russell Anderson, footballer 10 November – Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and Member of the Scottish Parliament Neil Forsyth, writer J. O. Morgan, poet Deaths 16 May – Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll, noblewoman (born 1926 in Kenya) 23 July – Tommy McLaren, footballer (born 1949) 30 July – John Mackintosh, Labour politician and advocate of devolution (born 1929) 9 September – Hugh MacDiarmid, poet (born 1892) The arts 17 January – Rock band Simple Minds make their first live performance at Glasgow's Satellite City.simpleminds.com 14 Jan, 2022 Out Now – Act Of Love https://www.simpleminds.com/2022/01/14/new-single-act-of-love/ 2022-01-14 simpleminds.com 2022-01-20 July – First Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival. See also 1978 in Northern Ireland References Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1970s in Scotland Scotland