1996 in Scotland

none January 2016 August 2026 1996 Events from the year 1996 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Michael Forsyth Law officers Lord Advocate – Lord Mackay of Drumadoon Solicitor General for Scotland – Paul Cullen Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Hope until 1 October; then Lord Rodger of Earlsferry Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ross Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Philip, then Lord McGhie Events 13 March – Dunblane school massacre – a gunman kills sixteen children, their teacher and himself at a primary school in Dunblane, Stirling. The killer, who wounded thirteen other children and another teacher, is quickly identified as 43-year-old former scout leader Thomas Watt Hamilton.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/13/newsid_2543000/2543277.stm 1996: Massacre in Dunblane school gym BBC News 2008-02-03 1996-03-13 1 April – The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 takes effect with 32 unitary councils replacing the 9 Regional Councils, 53 District Councils and 3 unitary authorities that had been established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. 18 May – Rangers F.C., who have already won the Scottish Football League title, complete the Scottish double by beating Hearts 5–1 in the Scottish Cup final. 5 July – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at The Roslin Institute in Midlothian. October – The Shetland Times and The Shetland News become involved in a landmark legal case over alleged copyright infringement and deep linking in their websites.Smartt Ursula Media & entertainment law 2014 Taylor & Francis Abingdon, Oxon 9781317808169 425 Second 9 November – Irvine, North Ayrshire, is designated a New Town, the last of the five created in Scotland. 30 November (St. Andrew's Day) – The Stone of Scone is installed in Edinburgh Castle 700 years after it was removed from Scotland by King Edward I of England.Lynch Michael The Oxford companion to Scottish history Oxford University Press 9780199693054 570 Edinburgh Old Town and New Town become the first World Heritage Site in mainland Scotland. First of the Maggie's Centres for drop-in cancer care in the UK opens in Edinburgh. Births 13 January – Craig Storie, footballer 8 February – Jaison McGrath, footballer 1 March – Lizzie Arnot, footballerLizzie Arnot | Scotland | Scottish FA https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=117010&lid=2&rid=1229 scottishfa.co.uk 27 April 2020 15 March – Seonaid McIntosh, sport shooterSeonaid McIntosh https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/seonaid-mcintosh/ Team Scotland 9 February 2020 en 19 March – Kaiya Jones, actress 9 May – Grace Reid, diverDiving | Athlete Profile: Grace REID - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games https://results.gc2018.com/en/diving/athlete-profile-n6027670-grace-reid.htm results.gc2018.com 9 February 2020 3 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200803194205/https://results.gc2018.com/en/diving/athlete-profile-n6027670-grace-reid.htm dead 3 August – Robert MacIntyre, golfer 10 August – Lauren Tait, netball playerLAUREN TAIT https://sirensnetball.com/player/lauren-tait/ Strathclyde Sirens 14 February 2020 19 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200819111521/https://sirensnetball.com/player/lauren-tait/ dead 7 October – Lewis Capaldi, singer-songwriter Deaths 23 January – Norman MacCaig, poet (born 1910) 6 March – Stanley Booth-Clibborn, retired bishop of Manchester (born 1924 in London) 19 March – W. H. Murray, mountaineer and writer (born 1913) 13 April – George Mackay Brown, poet (born 1921) 14 April – David Brand, Lord Brand, advocate, sheriff and Senator of the College of Justice (born 1923) 25 April – John Lorne Campbell, folklorist (born 1906) 16 August – Eric Cullen, actor famous for playing "Wee Burnie" in Rab C. Nesbitt (born 1965) 25 August – Caroline Glachan, murder victim (born 1982 in Northern Ireland) 24 November – Sorley MacLean, poet (born 1911) The arts January – Indie pop band Belle and Sebastian is formed in Glasgow; on 6 June their debut album Tigermilk is released. James MacMillan's first opera Inés de Castro is premièred by Scottish Opera in Glasgow. Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow opens. See also 1996 in Northern Ireland References collapsed Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1990s in Scotland Scotland