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List of events
Events from the year 1997 in Scotland .
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
22 February –
Scientists at the
Roslin Institute announce the birth of a
cloned
sheep named
Dolly seven months after the fact.
[1]
31 March –
train operating company
ScotRail (operated by
National Express ) begins operation of its passenger service
franchise in Scotland as part of the
privatisation of British Rail , the last company to be sold.
April–October – in the
Outer Hebrides , the
Northern Lighthouse Board constructs a new light on
Haskeir with minor lights on Gasker and on
Shillay, Monach Islands .
[2]
1 May –
UK General Election results in all Conservative MPs in
Scotland losing their seats.
[3] Edinburgh-born
Tony Blair (
Labour ) becomes
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
Mohammad Sarwar , elected for Labour in
Glasgow Govan , becomes the UK's first ever
Muslim MP.
12 June – Isle of
Eigg Heritage Trust acquires the island.
5 August – James Reid is jailed for life for the murder of four-year-old James Ward, whose skull was struck by so many blows with a slater's hammer that it was smashed into fragments, like a jigsaw.
[4]
7 September –
Clyde Auditorium opened in
Glasgow .
8 September – the football clubs in the
Premier Division decide to split from the
Scottish Football League and form the
Scottish Premier League from next season.
11 September –
referendum in Scotland on the creation of a national Parliament with devolved powers takes place. Voters back the plans for a national Parliament with limited tax raising powers.
[5]
October – the
Grand Theft Auto video game , developed by
DMA Design in
Dundee , is launched.
6 November – Labour holds the
Paisley South by-election despite a swing of 11.3% to the
Scottish National Party .
[6]
18 December – the
bill to establish the
Scottish Parliament unveiled by
Secretary of State for Scotland
Donald Dewar .
[7]
December –
Valhalla Brewery , the most northerly in Britain, opened on
Unst .
The
Island of Stroma is completely depopulated when its lighthouse is automated and its keepers and their families depart.
Equality Network established to campaign for
LGBT rights in Scotland .
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