1986 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1986 Events from the year 1986 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – George Younger until 11 January; then Malcolm Rifkind Law officers Lord Advocate – Lord Cameron of Lochbroom Solicitor General for Scotland – Peter Fraser Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ross Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Elliott Events 24 March – Edinburgh–Bathgate line reopened to rail passengers. 26 March – Kenny Dalglish becomes the first Scotland national football team player to be capped 100 times at senior level. April – Scottish Unionist Party established.Abstracts on Organisations CAIN Web Service http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/organ/sorgan.htm 2015-07-06 8 May – 1986 Scottish regional elections, result in the Conservatives losing control of the two Regional Councils where they previously held a majority: Grampian and Tayside. 24 July–2 August – Commonwealth Games held in Edinburgh.Edinburgh 1986 Commonwealth Games Federation https://thecgf.com/games/edinburgh-1986 thecgf.com 4 December 2021 en 7 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180407183027/https://thecgf.com/games/edinburgh-1986 dead August – the millionth council house to be sold under the right to buy scheme is sold to its tenants in Scotland, seven years after the scheme was launched in the United Kingdom.Speech to Conservative Party Conference http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/106498 Margaret Thatcher 1986-10-10 Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2013-02-26 9 September – Norsea launched at Govan, the largest passenger ship built on the Clyde (31785 GT) and last large passenger ship built in the U.K. 26 October – bus deregulation in Great Britain: First Magic Bus (Stagecoach) operation, in Glasgow. 6 November – 1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash: 45 oil workers killed when a Chinook helicopter carrying them from the Brent oilfield crashes in Shetland.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/6/newsid_2538000/2538505.stm 1986: Oil workers die in helicopter crash BBC News 2011-12-08 1986-11-06 December – the St Kilda islands become the first World Heritage Site in Scotland. James Nelson, a confessed and convicted matricide, is ordained a minister of the Church of Scotland.Rev James Nelson https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1495453/Rev-James-Nelson.html The Daily Telegraph 2005-08-04 2020-05-19 London Highland Wildlife Park taken over by Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. Births 3 January – Allan Walker, footballer 13 February – Jamie Murray, tennis player 16 April – Paul di Resta, racing driver 27 April – Hayley Mulheron, netball playerGlasgow 2014 - Hayley Mulheron Profile http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/badminton/1012972/hayley_mulheron.html https://web.archive.org/web/20201116100222/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/badminton/1012972/hayley_mulheron.html usurped 16 November 2020 results.glasgow2014.com 14 February 2020 12 May – Luke Douglas, Australian-Scottish rugby league player 26 May – Fern Brady, stand-up comedian 5 June – Charlotte Dobson, racing sailor 18 June – Richard Madden, actor 17 September – Sophie (Xeon), born Samuel Long, singer-songwriter and record producer (died 2021 in Greece) 13 November – Kevin Bridges, stand-up comedian 11 December – Kris Doolan, footballer Deaths 21 September – Bill Simpson, actor (born 1931) The arts 28 March – BBC Scotland screens Bill Bryden's The Holy City, a retelling of the Easter story set in Glasgow. Robert Alan Jamieson's novel Thin Wealth and Shetland dialect poetry collection Shoormal are published. Gilded Balloon comedy venue in Edinburgh first opens. See also 1986 in England 1986 in Northern Ireland 1986 in Wales References collapsed Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1980s in Scotland Scotland