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List of events
Events from the year 1973 in
Scotland ...
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
1 January – most of the west coast shipping services of
David MacBrayne are merged with those of the
Caledonian Steam Packet Company as
Caledonian MacBrayne .
1 March –
Dundee East by-election : Labour retains the seat by only 1,141 votes in the face of a strong SNP challenge.
May –
The Co-operative Group : The Scottish Co-operative (Wholesale) Society Ltd merges into the UK-wide Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd following serious financial mismanagement of the SCWS Bank.
17 July –
Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire , is formally designated as a
New Town
[1] but never developed.
25 October –
Local Government (Scotland) Act initiates a major reorganisation of
local government in Scotland with effect from May
1975 ).
26 October – firefighters in
Glasgow stage a one-day strike following a pay dispute. Troops are drafted in to run the fire stations.
31 October – the
Kilbrandon Report is published and recommends the establishment of a directly elected Scottish Assembly.
8 November –
Glasgow Govan by-election results in
Margo MacDonald of the
Scottish National Party (SNP) gaining the seat from Labour on a 26.7% swing. In a second Scottish by election that day, the Conservatives retain
Edinburgh North .
14 December – third (replacement)
Bonar Bridge opened.
21 December – armed robbery of
British Rail Engineering Limited in Glasgow, in which
James Kennedy , a
security guard , is killed, earning a posthumous
George Cross for his gallantry.
31 December –
Radio Clyde begins broadcasting, from
Clydebank .
The
Church of Scotland introduces the
Church Hymnary , third edition , an entirely new compilation.
Births
20 January –
Stephen Crabb , Welsh Conservative politician
18 March –
Patrick Harvie , Green politician
10 May –
Dario Franchitti , racing driver
14 May –
Fraser Nelson , political journalist
26 May –
Julie Wilson Nimmo , actress
15 September –
Alyn Smith , SNP MEP, MP
24 September –
Gillian Lindsay , rower
[2]
5 October –
Kay Moran , lawn bowler
[3]
13 October –
Peter Dumbreck , racing driver
Iain Finlay Macleod , playwright and novelist
Deaths
The arts
See also
References
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