1981 in Scotland

none January 2016 January 2016 1981 Events from the year 1981 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 1 February – Decriminalisation of homosexual acts between men over 21 years of age through the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, Section 80, which enters into force on this day. 5 March – The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer manufactured by Timex in Dundee, is launched by Sinclair Research, going on to sell over 1.5 million units worldwide. May Peugeot closes the Talbot car plant at Linwood, Renfrewshire, which was opened by the Rootes Group eighteen years earlier as Scotland's only car factory. Buchan Oil Field production begins in the North Sea. 23 May – Scotland beat England 1–0 at Wembley. 11 December – Closure of Bedlay Colliery, Glenboig. 21 December – George Wood (Aberdeen) Ltd cease trawler operations. Undated Last manufacture of coal gas in the UK, at Millport, Isle of Cumbrae.Great Cumbrae http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/GreatCumbrae?from=Secrets.MillportGasworks Secret Scotland 6 July 2010 Invergordon aluminium smelter closes. Livingston Skatepark opens, the first in Scotland.Katy Scott Livingston skatepark is first to be listed in Scotland https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68434512 BBC News 2024-02-29 2024-02-29 Births 15 January – Sean Lamont, rugby player 16 February – Alison Rowatt, field hockey midfielder 19 February – Mark Boyle, snooker player 28 February – Mark Brown, footballer 25 March – Emily Smith, folk singer 5 May – Harry Weld-Forester, cricketer 11 June – Alistair McGregor, field hockey goalkeeper 14 June – Alastair Kellock, rugby union player 11 August – Sandi Thom, pop singer-songwriter 28 August – Kezia Dugdale, leader of the Scottish Labour Party 7 September – Natalie McGarry, MP convicted of embezzlementhttps://books.google.com/books?id=rsDCCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT67 Whitaker's Shorts 2016: Governance Bloomsbury Publishing November 19, 2015 Bloomsbury Publishing 9781472921987 Google Books 16 September – David Mitchell, field hockey defender 20 November – Scott Hutchison, indie rock singer-songwriter and visual artist (suicide 2018) 9 December – Gemma Fay, international football goalkeeper Catriona Shearer, television news presenter Deaths 6 January – A. J. Cronin, novelist (born 1896) 23 February – Nan Shepherd, novelist and poet (born 1893) June – Wendy Wood, nationalist campaigner (born 1892 in England) 22 August – Mairi Chisholm, nurse and ambulance driver in World War I, one of "The Madonnas of Pervyse" (born 1896) 8 September – Bill Shankly, football manager (born 1913) 19 October – Johnny Doyle, footballer (born 1951) 1 December – James Monteith Grant, herald and Lord Lyon King of Arms (born 1903) The arts 30 March – release of historical drama film Chariots of Fire that tells the story of devout Christian Eric Liddell competing in the 1924 Olympics. 23 April – release of romantic comedy film Gregory's Girl. Alasdair Gray's first novel Lanark: A Life in Four Books is published in Edinburgh. Perrier Comedy Awards first presented to the best shows on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Bluebells formed. First Fèis Bharraigh. See also 1981 in Northern Ireland 1981 in Wales References collapsed Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Category:1980s in Scotland Scotland