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List of events
Events from the year 2012 in
Scotland .
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
October
Undated
2012 is the seventeenth-wettest year on record for Scotland, according to the
Met Office .
[25]
Sport
Deaths
2 January –
Ian Bargh , composer, (born
1935 )
4 January –
Kerry McGregor , singer-songwriter and actress (born
1974 )
6 January –
Louise Gibson Annand , painter and film-maker (born
1915 )
9 January –
Bill Dickie , president of the
Scottish Football Association (born
1929 )
14 January
24 January –
Moira Milton (née Paterson), golfer (born
1923 )
26 January –
Alex Eadie , Labour MP for Midlothian (born
1920 )
14 February –
Tom McAnearney , football player and manager (born
1933 )
27 February – Thomas Watter, last surviving Scottish volunteer in the Spanish Civil War (age 99)
[32]
4 March –
Paul McBride , criminal lawyer (born
1964 )
21 March –
Derick Thomson , Gaelic scholar and poet (born
1921 )
24 March –
Jocky Wilson , darts player (born
1950 )
6 April
7 April –
Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven , soldier, councillor, Lord Lieutenant of Nairn (1969–99) and president of the British Ski and Snowboard Federation (born
1924 )
28 April –
Tom Spence , football player and manager (born
1962 )
15 May –
George Wyllie , artist (born
1921 )
30 September – Bobby Hogg, last native speaker of the
Cromarty dialect of
North Northern Scots
[33]
[34] (born c.1920)
24 November –
Ian Campbell , folk singer (born
1933 )
The arts
See also
References
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"SNP wins control of Clackmannanshire Council" .
BBC News . BBC. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012 .
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"Scotland to hold independence poll in 2014 - Salmond" . BBC. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012 .
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"Single police force and fire service bill introduced" . BBC. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Carrell, Severin (17 January 2012).
"West Lothian question inquiry 'risks creating second-class MPs' " . The Guardian . London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 19 January 2012 .
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"Committee on the West Lothian Question" . The Scotsman . 30 December 2011. [
dead link ]
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"Scots referendum question set out" . BBC News . BBC. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012 . The question actually asked differs.
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"Scottish independence: David Cameron in referendum offer" . BBC News . BBC. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012 .
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"Rangers Football Club enters administration" . BBC News . BBC. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012 .
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"Rangers' historic day is marred by songs of 'hate and ignorance' " . The Sunday Herald . 19 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012 .
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"MP Eric Joyce charged with assault" . BBC Sport . BBC. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012 .
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"Leading Scots lawyer Paul McBride QC found dead" . BBC News . BBC. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012 .
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"MP Eric Joyce given bar ban and £3,000 fine over Commons brawl" . BBC News . BBC. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012 .
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"Perth wins Diamond Jubilee contest to be named seventh Scottish city" . BBC News . BBC. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012 .
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"Johnnie Walker whisky plant closes in Kilmarnock" . BBC News . BBC News Scotland. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2014 .
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"Plans for Scottish rural parliament" . BBC News . Glasgow: BBC News Scotland. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012 .
^ Ross, David (28 March 2012).
"Unions call for more rigs to be evacuated" . The Herald . Glasgow. Retrieved 28 March 2012 .
^ Brocklehurst, Steven (18 April 2012).
"Filming in court 'not precedent' " . BBC News . BBC. Retrieved 18 April 2012 .
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"SNP and Labour ready to hammer out coalition deals, leaders say" . STV. 6 May 2012. Archived from
the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012 .
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" 'Cursing stone' found on Isle of Canna" . BBC News . Retrieved 20 May 2012 .
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Scottish independence: One million Scots urged to sign 'yes' declaration BBC News, 25 May 2012
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Rangers creditors formally reject CVA proposal BBC News, 14 June 2012
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Scottish independence: Alistair Darling warns of 'no way back' BBC News, 25 June 2012
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Rangers newco refused SPL entry after chairmen vote. BBC News 4 July
^ Black, Andrew (15 October 2012).
"Scottish independence: Cameron and Salmond strike referendum deal" . BBC News . BBC. Retrieved 15 October 2012 .
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Met Office: 2012 was UK's second wettest year on record bbc.co.uk, 3 January 2013
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From Greenock to glory: Scot in Super Bowl joy heraldscotland.com, accessed 24 January 2012
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"Scotland's Franchitti wins 96th Indy 500" . The Sydney Morning Herald . 28 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012 .
^ Ornstein, David (6 July 2012).
"Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray beats Tsonga to reach final" . BBC Sport . BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2012 .
^ Ornstein, David (8 July 2012).
"Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray beaten by Roger Federer in final" . BBC Sport . BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2012 .
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"Andy Murray wins men's singles Olympics tennis gold" . BBC Sport . BBC. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012 .
^ "Murray ends Britain's Grand Slam skid".
USA Today . 11 September 2012. p. 1C.
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"Last Spanish Civil War Scot Thomas Watters dies" . BBC News . BBC. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012 .
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"Cromarty fisherfolk dialect's last native speaker dies" . BBC News . 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012 .
^ Ross, David (2 October 2012).
"Dialect's demise as final speaker dies at 92" .
Herald Scotland . Retrieved 2 October 2012 .
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