1999 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 thumb|right 1999 Events from the year 1999 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal – Donald Dewar (from 17 May 1999) Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Donald Dewar until 17 May; then John Reid Law officers Lord Advocate – Lord Hardie Solicitor General for Scotland – Colin Boyd Advocate General for Scotland – Lynda Clark Events 7 February – Sunday Herald newspaper is launched. 12 February – scientists at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen reinforce warnings that genetically modified food may be damaging to the human body.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/12/newsid_2541000/2541001.stm BBC News 1999: Scientists highlight hazards of GM food 12 February 1999 31 March – Buchanan Galleries shopping mall opened to the public in Glasgow city centre. 6 May – 1999 Scottish Parliament election: the first elections to the new Scottish Parliament. 7 May – no party wins overall majority in the first general election to the Scottish Parliament. The Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats agree to form a coalition government, with Donald Dewar as the First Minister of Scotland. 12 May – the Scottish Parliament meets in Edinburgh for its first session in the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland on the Royal Mile. 17 May – Donald Dewar is officially sworn in as the First Minister of Scotland.Dewar receives the royal warrant https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12274337.dewar-receives-the-royal-warrant/ HeraldScotland 21 December 2020 en 31 May – the Orkney island of Papa Stronsay is purchased by The Transalpine Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, a traditionalist Catholic religious institute which will establish Golgotha Monastery there.A brief history of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer Golgotha Monastery Island http://www.papastronsay.com/fssr/history/index.html 2015-01-06 6 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190606105428/http://www.papastronsay.com/fssr/history/index.html dead June – Scotland's first Gaelic-medium primary school, Glasgow Gaelic School (Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu), opens. 11 June – fire at Garnock Court (flats), Irvine with one fatality. 1 July – formal transfer of powers from Westminster to the new Scottish Parliament. 4 August – George Robertson, MP for Hamilton South, appointed as Secretary General of NATO. 9 August – Charles Kennedy, MP for Ross, Cromarty and Skye, elected leader of the Liberal Democrats (UK).http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/9/newsid_2493000/2493023.stm 1999: Kennedy wins Lib Dem leadership BBC News 2008-02-13 1999-08-09 August – composer James MacMillan in a speech "Scotland's Shame" at the Edinburgh Festival attacks religious bigotry in Scotland.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/415149.stm BBC News Scotland's shame 1999-08-09 2010-01-12 13 September – Mental Health (Public Safety and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 1999 becomes the first Act of the Scottish Parliament to be passed, adding public safety to the grounds for not discharging certain patients detained under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, thus closing a legal loophole. 23 September – Hamilton South by-election results in Labour's Bill Tynan holding the UK parliament seat by 556 votes in the face of a 22.6% swing to the SNP. November – Scottish Women's Football League (SWFL) establishedScraton Sheila Magee Jonathan Caudwell Jayne Liston Katie Women, Football and Europe: Histories, Equity and Experience 2008 Meyer & Meyer Verlag 9781841262253 19 https://books.google.com/books?id=yo2ZnpOQc7AC&pg=PA19 en 3 November – the Lanarkshire-born actor Ian Bannen is killed in a car accident near Loch Ness. 17 November – the Scotland national football team fail to qualify for UEFA Euro 2000 after a 2–1 aggregate defeat by England in the qualifying playoff round. 30 November – Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh officially opened.John Crompton Industry in the National Museums of Scotland Industrial Archaeology News 113 Summer 2000 2–3 2 December – the 'Heart of Neolithic Orkney' is designated as a World Heritage Site. 4 December – Barry Wallace, an 18 year old man from Kilmarnock, attends a Christmas night out with colleagues from Tesco and fails to return home.BBC News SCOTLAND Wallace family tells of heartache http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/576317.stm news.bbc.co.uk 8 November 2024 5 December – Barry Wallace is formally reported as missing by his family. 7 December – During a routine diving exercise at Loch Lomond, officers from Strathclyde Police discover human limbs in the loch.BBC News SCOTLAND Search for body parts continues http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/571648.stm news.bbc.co.uk 8 November 2024 8 December – More body parts are discovered in Loch Lomond by Strathclyde Police. They are widely speculated to belong to Barry Wallace who had gone missing three days prior. 15 December – A head is washed up on Brassie Beach in Troon and discovered by a member of the public walking her dog. The head was later identified as belonging to Barry Wallace who had been missing since 5 December.Body parts belong to missing boy https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/dec/18/4 The Guardian 8 November 2024 18 December 1999 DNA analysis confirmed that the head and other parts found in Loch Lomond belonged to Wallace.BBC News SCOTLAND Wallace family tells of heartache http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/576317.stm news.bbc.co.uk 8 November 2024 17 December – Strathclyde Police raid the flat belonging to William Beggs in Kilmarnock.Scott Kirsty Seenan Gerard 'Serial killer in the making' jailed for life https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/oct/13/highereducation.education1 The Guardian 8 November 2024 13 October 2001 21 December – Strathclyde Police issue a warrant for the arrest of William Frederick Ian Beggs, aged 36 and originally from Northern Ireland, in connection to the death of Barry Wallace. 23 December – The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service permits Strathclyde Police to issue an image of William Beggs.Beggs trial: Timeline http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1593493.stm BBC News 8 November 2024 12 October 2001 28 December – William Beggs is arrested in the Netherlands. A Dutch lawyer who represented Beggs claims Beggs will "fight extradition proceedings from the Netherlands to Scotland". The last Elder of the Glasite Church dies in Edinburgh. Arts and literature 24 May – Soft rock band Travis release their album The Man Who which goes platinum. Births 1 March – Brogan Hay, Scottish footballerBrogan Hay https://rangers.co.uk/talent/brogan-hay-2/ Rangers Football Club, Official Website 28 April 2020 11 June – Eartha Cumings, footballerEartha Cumings https://www.bcfc.co.uk/teams/city-women-squad/13-eartha-cumings-gk/ Bristol City 28 April 2020 en Deaths 11 January – Naomi Mitchison, novelist (born 1897) 30 January – Mick McGahey, Communist miners' leader (born 1925) 9 August – Cliff Hanley, writer (born 1922) 11 September – Janet Adam Smith, writer and mountaineer (born 1905) 1 October – Lena Zavaroni, entertainer (born 1963) 3 November – Ian Bannen, actor (born 1928)Ian Bannen https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/nov/05/guardianobituaries1 the Guardian 17 September 2022 en 5 November 1999 See also 1999 in England 1999 in Northern Ireland 1999 in Wales References collapsed Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Scotland