1980 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 thumb|right | Anderston, Glasgow in 1980 1980 Events from the year 1980 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – George Younger Law officers Lord Advocate – Lord Mackay of Clashfern Solicitor General for Scotland – Nicholas Fairbairn 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 Elliott Events 16 April – Glasgow Subway reopened to passengers after a 3-year modernisation project. 1 May – Scottish District local elections result in big gains for the Labour Party. 7 May – Aberdeen F.C. secures the Scottish Football League Premier Division championship. 26 June – The Glasgow Central by-election is held, with Labour retaining the seat despite a 14% swing to the Scottish National Party. 1 August – The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 receives Royal Assent. 28 August – First clinically useful image of a patient's internal tissues using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is obtained using a full-body scanner built by a team led by John Mallard at the University of Aberdeen.Profiles John Mallard http://www.bshr.org.uk/mallard.html 2021-02-27 27 February 2021 22 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222020528/http://www.bshr.org.uk/mallard.html dead 4–5 September – Margaret Thatcher becomes the first serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to visit Shetland. 13 September – Hercules, a bear which had gone missing on the island of Benbecula while filming a Kleenex advertisement, is found.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/13/newsid_2516000/2516041.stm 1980: Missing Scottish bear is found BBC News 2008-01-14 13 September 1980 6 October – West Highland Way opened as the first of the official Long Distance Routes for walkers in Scotland. 9 October – Gloagtrotter of Perth, trading as GT Coaches, begins operation of an express coach service from Dundee to London as The Stage Coach, origin of the Stagecoach Group. October – Albion Motors' Scotstoun works closes and manufacture of complete vehicles (on Viking bus chassis) is moved to Leyland in England. 13 November – Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 which would decriminalise private homosexual acts between two consenting persons aged over 21 in Scotland passes at Westminster. It would take effect on 1 February 1981.https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1980/dec/17/the-criminal-justice-scotlandact-1980 THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (SCOTLAND)ACT 1980 Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) en-GB 17 December 1980 2017-09-04 Births 5 January – Greg McHugh, television actor and writer 5 February – Jo Swinson, leader of the Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 April – Adam Fleming, television journalist 30 April – Sam Heughan, actor 12 May – Andrew Abercromby, biomedical engineer 6 July – Kenny Deuchar, footballer 27 August – Caroline Brown, lawn bowlerCaroline Brown https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/caroline-brown/ Team Scotland 11 March 2021 en 15 September – Chris Clark, footballer 19 August – Darius Campbell Danesh, singer-songwriter and actor (died 2022 in the United States)Darius Campbell Danesh: Pop Idol and West End star dies aged 41 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62564721 BBC News 17 August 2022 17 August 2022Darius https://thevogue.com/artists/darius/ The Vogue 17 August 2022 en 12 October – Lesley Paterson, triathlete, screenwriter and producer 26 October – Khalid Abdalla, actor 20 November – Malachy Tallack, journalist and folk rock musician 13 December – Gary Innes, piano-accordionist, shinty player and BBC broadcaster Kerry Hudson, writer Deaths 19 February – Bon Scott, Australian rock singer (born 1946) 29 February – Margaret Morris, choreographer (born 1891 in London) 3 April – Isla Cameron, actress and singer (born 1927) 4 May – Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson (born 1920) 23 June – John Laurie, actor (born 1897) 6 December – Margot Bennett, crime novelist (born 1912) 13 December – R. D. Low, comics writer and editor (born 1895) date unknown – Hector MacAndrew, fiddler (born 1903) The arts 19 February – Scottish Television begins to air the soap opera Take the High Road. Spring – Bearsden post-punk band Orange Juice release Falling and Laughing, the first release on the Postcard Records label.Reynolds Simon Simon Reynolds 2005 Rip It Up And Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 353 London Faber and Faber 0-571-21570-X June – Peter Maxwell Davies's The Yellow Cake Revue (including the piano interlude "Farewell to Stromness") is premiered at the Stromness Hotel as part of the St Magnus Festival. Alexander Moffat paints Poets' Pub. Buxton Orr composes A Caledonian Suite. See also 1980 in Northern Ireland References collapsed Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1980s in Scotland Scotland