1983 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1983 in Scotland.
Incumbents
[edit]Law officers
[edit]Judiciary
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 11 May – Aberdeen F.C. beat Real Madrid 2–1 (after extra time) to win the European Cup Winner's Cup.
- 21 May – Aberdeen beat Rangers 1–0 to win the Scottish Cup.
- 30 September – Megget Reservoir officially opened.
- 5 October – Harviestoun Brewery established.
- 24 October – Dennis Nilsen goes on trial at the Central Criminal Court in London accused of six murders and two attempted murders. He confesses to murdering "15 or 16" young men.[1]
- 4 November – Dennis Nilsen is sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 20 December – Aberdeen beat European Cup Winners Hamburg 2–0 to become the first Scottish club to win the UEFA Super Cup.[2]
- Brae oilfield production begins.
- Glasgow Central Mosque built.
Births
[edit]- 1 January – Mark Beaumont, adventurer
- 27 January – Douglas Ross, Conservative politician
- 8 February – Ashley Mulheron, actress and television presenter
- 14 March – Anas Sarwar, Labour politician
- 15 March – Sean Biggerstaff, actor
- 8 June – Allan Dick, field hockey goalkeeper
- 22 August – Julie Kilpatrick, field hockey player
- 20 September – Freya Ross, née Murray, long-distance runner
- 30 September – Louise Munn, field hockey defender
Deaths
[edit]- 27 April – Christina Larner, historian (born 1933 in England)[3]
- 5 July – Alec Cheyne, international footballer (born 1907)
- August – Winifred Rushforth, psychoanalyst (born 1885)
- 26 August – Major-General Douglas Wimberley, soldier (born 1896)
- 20 September – Andy Beattie, international footballer and manager (born 1913)
The arts
[edit]- 17 February – release of Bill Forsyth's film Local Hero.
- 6 September – ITV broadcasts the Scottish Television-produced police procedural Killer, set in Glasgow, pilot for the series Taggart.[4]
- 21 October – Burrell Collection opened in Glasgow.
- Alternative rock band Del Amitri is formed in Glasgow.
- Alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain is formed in East Kilbride.
- Folk rock band The Proclaimers is formed by twins Craig and Charlie Reid of Auchtermuchty.
- Gael Turnbull publishes his poems From the Language of the Heart: Some Imitations from the Gaelic of Sine Reisideach in Glasgow.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1983: Nilsen 'strangled and mutilated' victims". BBC News. 24 October 1983. Retrieved 25 November 2007.
- ^ Stirling, Kevin. "Tuesday 20 December 1983". On This Day. Aberdeen Football Club. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Ewan, Elizabeth; Pipes, Rose; Rendall, Jane; Reynolds, Siân (2018). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. Edinburgh. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-4744-3629-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2012.