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Scottish History Time-line (Late 20th Century; 1950-99)

Note that, within a single year, events are not necessarily presented in chronological order.

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c.1950Aberdeen Arts Centre (Aberdeen City) Opened
c.1950Leith Fort (City of Edinburgh) Built
1950Alexander (Alex) Hugh Norton born - Television and screen actor
1950Charles Alexander Stevenson died - Lighthouse engineer
1950Cluny House (Perth and Kinross) Created
1950Faskally, Loch (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1950Helen Liddell born - Politician and broadcaster
1950James Braid died - Golfer and gold course designer
1950Percy Unna died - Environmentalist and philanthropist
1950Peter Fraser died - New Zealand politician
1950Robert (Robbie) Coltrane born - Comedian and actor
1950Robert (Robbie) McIntosh born - Rock musician
1950Sir Harry Lauder died - Singer and music hall entertainer
1950Stone of Destiny Stolen
1950Stornoway Power Station (Western Isles) Opened
1950Knockshinnoch Castle Pit Disaster
1951(James) Gordon Brown born - Politician
1951Alexander (Alex) Duff born - Scotland's first professional darts player
1951Andrew (Andy) Irvine born - Rugby player
1951Andrew Greig born - Author and poet
1951Corrichie Battlefield (Aberdeenshire) Erected
1951Cowal Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1951George Udny Yule died - Pioneering statistician
1951Grudie Bridge Power Station (Highland) Opened
1951Jack Vettriano (Jack Hoggan) born - Painter
1951James Eric Drummond (16th Earl of Perth) died - Diplomat and politician
1951John (Jocky) Wilson born - Darts player
1951Kenneth (Ken) Robertson Bruce born - Broadcaster
1951Kenneth (Kenny) Dalglish born - Perhaps Scotland's most successful football player
1951Kenneth (Kenny) Hyslop born - Drummer
1951Osborne Henry Mavor (James Bridie) died - Playwright and promoter of the arts
1951Pitlochry Fish Ladder (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1951Robert Broom died - Palaeontologist
1951Roseanna Cunningham born - Nationalist politician
1951Scottish Crop Research Institute (Perth and Kinross) Established
1951Sir David Murray born - Entrepreneur
1951Sir Edward MacColl died - Engineer and pioneer of hydro-electricity in Scotland
1951Tarsan, Loch (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1952Affric-Beauly Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Highland) Opened
1952Alan Wells born - Athlete
1952Bervie Brow (Aberdeenshire) Opened
1952Colin Friels born - Actor
1952Commando Monument (Highland) Erected
1952David Byrne born - Punk-rock singer and guitarist
1952David Knopfler born - Musician
1952David McLetchie born - Politician
1952James Naughtie born - Broadcaster and political journalist
1952Kerry Falls Power Station (Highland) Opened
1952Meg Ritchie Stone born - Athlete
1952Michael Marra born - Song-writer
1952RAF Buchan (Aberdeenshire) Opened
1952Sir Hugh Roberton died - Conductor and composer
1952Sir James Lithgow (1st Baronet Ormsary) died - Shipbuilding magnate and philanthropist
1952Sir William (Bill) Gammell born - Entrepreneur and sportsman
1952Storr Lochs Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Highland) Opened
1952Timothy (Tim) Stead born - Furniture designer, wood sculptor and conservationist
1952Victor Alexander John Hope (8th Earl of Hopetoun; 2nd Marquis of Linlithgow) died - Viceroy of India
1952William (Willie) Dunn (Junior) died - Innovative golfer and golf-course designer, who is said to have had a profound effect on the development of the sport in the USA
1953Anthony (Tony) Charles Lynton Blair born - Politician and British Prime Minister
1953Bernera Bridge (Western Isles) Opened
1953Donald (Donnie) Munro born - Gaelic rock musician
1953Elmwood College (Fife) Established
1953Fiona Margaret Mactaggart born - Politician
1953Gavin Esler born - Journalist, broadcaster and author
1953Graeme James Souness born - Football player and manager
1953Gregor Fisher born - Actor
1953James (Jim) Leishman born - Football coach and manager
1953James (Jimmy) Henderson Finlayson died - Actor
1953James (Midge) Ure born - Rock star
1953Malcolm Young born - Rock musician
1953Monktonhall Colliery Site (Midlothian) Opened
1953Provost Skene's House (Aberdeen City) Opened
1953Queen Elizabeth Forest Park (Stirling) Created
1953Reg McKay born - Crime-writer
1953Rhod Sharp born - Broadcaster
1953Sam Torrance born - Golfer
1953Sir Muirhead Bone died - Artist
1953Steven Campbell born - Artist
1954Adam House (City of Edinburgh) Built
1954Agnes (Aggie) MacKenzie born - Television presenter
1954Alexander (Alex) Salmond born - First Minister
1954Annie Lennox born - Singer
1954Barony A-Frame (East Ayrshire) Built
1954David Couper Thomson died - Publisher
1954David Waterson died - Artist
1954David Wilkie born - Swimmer
1954Dounreay (Highland) Opened
1954George Galloway (Gorgeous George) born - Controversial politician, facetiously known as 'Gorgeous George'
1954Iain Banks born - Author
1954Iain Duncan Smith born - Politician and short-time Leader of the Conservative Party
1954Ian Stark born - Equestrian Olympic champion
1954James (Jim) Wallace born - Politician
1954John Colville (Baron Clydesmuir of Braidwood) died - Industrialist and politician
1954People's Story Museum (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1954Robert (Bertie) Charles Forbes died - Journalist and financier
1954Sir Michael Bruce Forsyth (Baron Forsyth of Drumlean) born - Politician
1954Tulliallan Castle (Fife) Established
1955(James) Herbert MacNair died - Architect and designer
1955Alan Hansen born - Footballer and broadcaster
1955Andrew (Andy) Gray born - Footballer, enthusiastic sports commentator and analyst
1955Angus McKinnon Young born - Rock musician
1955Brian Taylor born - Political correspondent
1955Captain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay died - Fascist, imprisoned for treason during the Second World War
1955Gladstone Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected
1955Isabel Newstead born - Paralympic athlete
1955Kirsty Wark born - Journalist and broadcaster
1955Museum of Childhood (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1955Polmadie Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
1955Sally Magnusson born - Broadcaster
1955Sir Alexander Fleming died - Medical Scientist
1955Upper Glendevon Reservoir (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1955William (Willie) Miller born - Footballer
1955William Lamb Memorial Studio (Angus) Opened
1956Breadalbane Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1956David Mach born - Sculptor and installation artist
1956Diomhan, Gleann (North Ayrshire) Designated
1956Fred MacAulay born - Comedian and broadcaster
1956Helen Duncan ('Hellish Nell') died - Spiritualist, medium and the last person to be imprisoned for witchcraft in Britain
1956Lumir Soukup born - Landscape and environmental artist
1956Sir John Auld Mactaggart of King's Park died - Builder and philanthropist
1956Sir John Stirling Maxwell died - Founder member of the National Trust for Scotland
1956Thomas (Tommy) Burns born - Footballer and football manager
1957Achanalt Power Station (Highland) Opened
1957Christian (Chris) Jane Fergusson (Christian Stark) died - Artist
1957Graeme Kelling born - Musician
1957Hebrides Missile Range (Western Isles) Opened
1957Jack Buchanan died - Actor and Producer
1957John K. Clark born - Stained-glass artist
1957Matthew Dalziel born - Artist
1957Mossford Power Station (Highland) Opened
1957Our Lady of the Isles (Western Isles) Erected
1957RAF Saxa Vord (Shetland) Opened
1957Richard (Ricky) Ross born - Song-writer and singer
1957Sir Murdoch Macdonald died - Civil engineer and politician
1957St Fillans Power Station (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1957Kames Pit Disaster
1958Adrian Wisniewski born - Artist
1958Alexander (Sandy) Lyle born - Golfer
1958Craiglockhart Sports Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1958Derek William Dick (Fish) born - Rock musician
1958Elaine Constance Smith born - Actress and comedienne
1958Francis George Scott died - Composer
1958Gary Lewis (Gary Stevenson) born - Actor
1958Iolaire Memorial (Western Isles) Erected
1958Irvine Welsh born - Author and playwright
1958James Robertson born - Author and poet, writing mostly in the Scots language
1958Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes died - Social Reformer, author, suffragette and scientist
1958Michael Caton-Jones born - Film director, producer and actor
1958Peter Capaldi born - Film and television actor and director
1958Peter John Howson born - Painter
1958Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel died - Notorious murderer
1958Rev. Archibald Eneas Robertson (A.E. Robertson) died - Munro-bagger
1958Robert W. Service died - Poet and author
1958Royal Highland Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1958Sir Alexander Gibb died - Civil engineer
1958Sir John Anderson (1st Viscount Waverley) died - Administrator and Politician
1958Sir William Burrell died - An eccentric ship-owner and compulsive collector of art and antiques
1958Stuart Adamson born - Rock musician
1958Walter Elliot died - Politician, writer and broadcaster
1958William Alexander Agnew died - Mechanical engineer
1959Alexander (Alex) McLeish born - Football player and manager
1959Andrew Marr born - Journalist and political correspondent
1959Black Watch Memorial (Dundee City) Erected
1959Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1959Charles (Charlie) Burchill born - Musician
1959Charles Kennedy born - Politician
1959Dounreay (Highland) Opened
1959Dr. Gillian McKeith born - Controversial nutritionist, broadcaster and author
1959Dr. Richard Budgett born - Olympic gold-medal winner and Chief Medical Officer to the British Olympic Association
1959Heather Ripley (Heather Glaisyer) born - Child actress
1959James (Jim) Kerr born - Rock singer
1959James MacMillan born - Composer and conductor
1959James McBey died - Artist, noted for his etchings and dry point engravings
1959Lorraine Kelly born - Television presenter and journalist, known for her cheery personality
1959Maxwell Caulfield born - Actor
1959Mortonhall Crematorium and Cemetery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1959Muriel Gray born - Author, broadcaster and businesswoman
1959Nick Nairn born - Chef and broadcaster
1959Pollock Halls of Residence (City of Edinburgh) Built
1959Sheena Easton (Sheena Shirley Orr) born - Pop singer
1959Sloy-Awe Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1959William Douglas Weir (1st Viscount Weir) died - Industrialist
1959Auchengeich Colliery Disaster
?1960Robert McCann born - Hollywood makeup artist and stylist
1960Anne Mackenzie born - Broadcaster and journalist
1960Cameron Sharp born - Sprinter
1960Chliostair Hydro-Electric Scheme (Western Isles) Opened
1960Elish Angiolini born - First female Lord Advocate
1960Eric Temple Bell died - Mathematician and author
1960Frank Lloyd died - Film director
1960Ian Rankin (Jack Harvey) born - Author
1960Invernaver Nature Reserve (Highland) Designated
1960Jack Wilson McConnell born - First Minister of Scotland
1960James (Jim) Prime born - Musician
1960Katherine Marjory Murray (Duchess of Atholl; Marchioness of Tulliebardine) died - Politician
1960Kenneth (Ken) Currie born - Painter
1960Nicol Stephen born - Politician
1960North Ford Causeway (Western Isles) Constructed
1960Phillip (Phil) Cunningham born - Folk musician, composer and record producer
1960Queen's Bridge (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1960Richard Jobson born - Film director, writer and musician
1960Shin Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Highland) Opened
1960Sir (John) Ninian Comper died - Church architect
1960Sir Giles Gilbert Scott died - English architect
1960St Vigeans Pictish and Mediaeval Stone Museum (Angus) Opened
1961Andrew Crumey born - Author and journalist
1961Auld Kirk Museum (East Dunbartonshire) Opened
1961Carol Smillie born - Television presenter
1961Conon Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Highland) Opened
1961Cuaich Aqueduct (Highland) Opened
1961Dr. Liam Fox born - Politician
1961Helena McEwen born - Author and painter
1961James (Jimmy) Somerville born - Pop singer, known for his falsetto voice, song-writer and gay activist
1961Jerry Sadowitz born - Comedian and magician
1961John Duncan Fergusson (J.D. Fergusson) died - Painter
1961John MacDonald MacCormick died - Lawyer and Nationalist
1961Linn Cemetery (Glasgow City) Opened
1961Ness Bridge (Highland) Opened
1961Perth College UHI (Perth and Kinross) Established
1961Robert Carlyle born - Actor
1961Rory Bremner born - Impressionist and comedian
1961Shereen Nanjiani born - Broadcaster, who has become one of the most recognisable faces on Scottish television
1961Sir Thomas (Tom) Blane Hunter born - Entrepreneur and philanthropist
1961Susan Boyle born - Singer
1961William Shepherd Morrison (Viscount Dunrossil of Valaquie) died - Politician
?1962Stephen Jardine born - Television journalist and presenter
1962Alan Johnston born - Broadcast journalist
1962Ally McCoist born - Football Player
1962Baleshare Causeway (Western Isles) Constructed
1962Balhousie Castle (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1962Balmossie Halt (Angus) Opened
1962Blythe Duff born - Actress
1962Charles (Charlie) Reid born - Rock singer and half of The Proclaimers with his twin brother Craig
1962Claire Grogan born - Actress and singer
1962Craig Ferguson born - Comedian, TV, stage and screen actor
1962Craig Reid born - Rock singer and half of The Proclaimers with his twin brother Charlie
1962David Michael Barclay Sole born - Rugby internationalist
1962Ford Kiernan born - Comedy actor
1962Garry-Moriston Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Highland) Opened
1962Gavin Hastings born - Rugby player
1962James Shearer died - Architect
1962John Bartholomew died - Cartographer
1962John Gordon Sinclair born - Actor
1962John Hannah born - Actor
1962Kincardine Power Station (Fife) Opened
1962Michael Clark born - Controversial dancer and choreographer
1962Nicky Campbell born - Disc-jockey and television personality
1962Pen Hadow (Rupert Nigel Pendrill Hadow) born - Polar explorer
1962Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum (East Lothian) Closed
1962Prof. Ian Aird died - Surgeon, who developed the kidney transplant in the UK
1962Robert (Bob) McGregor McIntyre died - Motorcycle racer, renowned for his daring and bravery, which earned him the soubriquet The Flying Scotsman
1962Robert Colquhoun died - Artist
1962Rossie School (Angus) Built
1962Sir John Helias Finnie McEwen died - Politician, land-owner and minor poet
1962Steven (Steve) Hislop born - Controversial motorcycling champion, regarded by fellow riders as the fastest man ever on a motorcycle
1962Stuart Sutcliffe died - Pop musician
1962The Bell Tower (City of Edinburgh) Erected
1962The Five Sisters (West Lothian) Closed
1962Thomas Clapperton died - Sculptor
1963Angus MacFadyen born - Actor
1963Biggar Gasworks Museum (South Lanarkshire) Closed
1963Colin Montgomerie born - Golfer
1963Dundee Airport (Dundee City) Opened
1963Highland Council Headquarters (Highland) Opened
1963Kindrogan Field Centre (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1963Lena Zavaroni born - Child pop-star
1963Mary Gordon (Mary Gilmour) died - Actress
1963Maurice (Mo) Johnston born - Controversial football player
1963Penelope Beaton died - Artist
1963Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (South Lanarkshire) Established
1963The Tolbooth Museum (Aberdeenshire) Opened
1963Tom McKean born - Athlete
1963William Henry (W.H.) Ogilvie died - Poet and writer
1964Adam Alexander Crozier born - Businessman
1964Armando Iannucci born - Comedy writer, producer and satirist
1964Captain Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn died - Garden designer
1964Clyde Tunnel (Glasgow City) Constructed
1964Elizabeth (Liz) McColgan born - Athlete
1964Ewan Vernal born - Musician
1964Fiona Bruce born - Journalist and broadcaster
1964Forth Road Bridge (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1964Hunterston 'A' Nuclear Power Station (North Ayrshire) Opened
1964John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (J.B.S. Haldane) died - Biologist and geneticist
1964Lorraine McIntosh born - Singer and actress
1964Mary O'Rourke (Master Joe Petersen; Mary Lethbridge) died - The Phenomenal Boy Singer
1964Peter Niven born - National hunt jockey, who has ridden 1000 winners
1964Ravelston House (City of Edinburgh) Established
1964St Andrew's Roman Catholic Chuch (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
1964Stephen Conroy born - Painter
1964The Lockerbie Little Theatre (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1964Thomas (Tommy) Sheridan born - Infamous poll tax campaigner and founder of the Scottish Socialist Party
1964University of Strathclyde (Glasgow City) Established
1964William Maxwell Aitken (1st Lord Beaverbrook) died - Newspaper tycoon and politician
1964Yvonne Murray born - Athlete
1965Alan Cumming born - Stage, television and screen actor
1965Alexander Mackenzie died - Actor
1965Anne Redpath died - Painter
1965Cruachan Reservoir (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1965Dougray Scott (Stephen Scott) born - Stage and screen actor
1965Erik Chisholm died - Composer
1965Evelyn Glennie born - Classical percussionist and composer
1965Hazel Irvine born - Sports presenter
1965Inverawe Power Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1965Joanne Kathleen (J.K.) Rowling born - Author
1965John Leslie (John Leslie Stott) born - Controversial television presenter
1965Marti Pellow (Mark McLachlan) born - Vocalist with pop group Wet Wet Wet
1965Methil Power Station (Fife) Opened
1965Poldrate Mill (East Lothian) Closed
1965Prof. Thomas Graham Brown died - Mountaineer and physiologist
1965Rhona Cameron born - Stand-up comedienne
1965Sir Winston Churchill died - Prime Minister, wartime leader and outstanding orator
1965St James' Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1965The White Church (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1965Thomas (Tom) Johnston died - Politician
1965William Angus died - Scientist and politician
1966Balranald Nature Reserve (Western Isles) Designated
1966Cruachan Power Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1966Douglas (Dougie) Vipond born - Musician, sports commentator and media personality
1966Elliot Bunney born - Athlete
1966Glasgow Airport (Renfrewshire) Opened
1966Heriot-Watt University (City of Edinburgh) Established
1966Hugh Fraser (Lord Fraser of Allander) died - Retailing entrepreneur
1966Little Sparta (South Lanarkshire) Created
1966Louise Scullion born - Artist
1966Myreton Motor Museum (East Lothian) Opened
1966Old Royal Station (Aberdeenshire) Closed
1966Pollok Country Park (Glasgow City) Created
1966Rhona Martin born - Curling champion
1966Robert MacBryde died - Painter and theatre set designer
1966Tain & District Museum (Highland) Opened
1966Tay Road Bridge (Dundee City) Opened
1966William (Willie) Logan died - Flamboyant building contractor, entrepreneur and Freeman of Dingwall
1967Alan Ronald Nall-Cain (Lord Brocket) died - Member of Parliament and Nazi sympathiser, who was the infamous absentee landlord of the Knoydart Estate
1967Alexander (Alex) Marshall born - Championship bowler
1967Alick Isaacs died - Virologist, who discovered interferon
1967Andrew (Andy) Clyde died - Actor
1967Celtic win European Cup
1967Clynelish Distillery (Highland) Opened
1967Cockenzie Power Station (East Lothian) Opened
1967David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe (1st Earl of Kilmuir) died - Politician and Lawyer
1967Duncan MacRae died - Actor
1967Gordon Ramsay born - Controversial chef and entrepreneur, known as a perfectionist in the kitchen
1967Inverness Ice Centre (Highland) Opened
1967Jean Dunlop Cadell died - Actress
1967John Barrowman born - Actor and singer
1967Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist Monastery and Tibetan Centre (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1967Major George Sherriff died - Plant hunter and botanist
1967Pollok House (Glasgow City) Opened
1967QE2 launched
1967Sharleen Spiteri born - Singer
1967The Corrieshalloch Gorge (Highland) Designated
1967University Main Library (City of Edinburgh) Built
1967University of Dundee (Dundee City) Established
1967University of Stirling (Stirling) Established
1967William Laughton Lorimer died - Classical scholar
1968Colin McRae born - Rally car driver
1968Daniela Nardini born - Actress
1968Deborah (Debbie) Knox born - Curling champion
1968Eastwood Park (East Renfrewshire) Created
1968Fife Folk Museum (Fife) Opened
1968Frigate Unicorn (Dundee City) Opened
1968Fruid Reservoir (Scottish Borders) Opened
1968George Bain died - Artist who became known as the father of modern Celtic design
1968James (Jim) Clark died - Motor racing driver
1968Joseph (Joe) Corrie died - Poet and playwright
1968Margaret Morton born - Curling champion
1968Shirley Robertson born - Olympic sailor
1968Thomas (Tommy) Armour died - Golfer
1968Whiteadder Reservoir (East Lothian) Opened
1968William (Billy) Boyd born - Actor
c.1969Dr. Heather Reid (Heather with the Weather) born - Meteorologist and broadcaster
1969Ashley Jensen born - Actress
1969Backwater Reservoir (Angus) Opened
1969Catriona Matthew born - Golfer
1969Clan Donnachaidh Museum (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1969Dudley Dexter Watkins (Dudley D. Watkins) died - Cartoonist and Illustrator
1969Ella Logan died - Singer
1969Gavin Maxwell died - Author
1969Jim Clark Room (Scottish Borders) Opened
1969John MacDonald Bannerman (Lord Bannerman of Kildonan) died - Sports personality and Gaelic activist
1969Kirsty Young born - Television and radio presenter
1969Logan Botanic Garden (Dumfries and Galloway) Created
1969Meadowbank Stadium (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1969Melrose Railway Station (Scottish Borders) Closed
1969Sir William Russell Flint died - Popular artist and illustrator
1969Stephen Hendry born - Snooker player
1969Tamara Kennedy born - Stage and television Actress
1969The Scottish Fisheries Museum (Fife) Opened
c.1970British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre (Highland) Opened
1970Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding (Lord Dowding of Bentley Priory) died - Air Force Commander
1970Anne McKevitt born - Interior designer and entrepreneur
1970Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh
1970Dallas Campbell born - Television presenter and actor
1970Greg Hemphill born - Comedian
1970Inverkip Power Station (Inverclyde) Opened
1970Kingston Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
1970Lagganlia Centre for Outdoor Education (Highland) Opened
1970Loch Fleet National Nature Reserve (Highland) Designated
1970Longannet Power Station (Fife) Opened
1970Robert Henderson Blyth died - Landscape painter
1970Royal Commonwealth Pool (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1970Sir Archibald Sinclair of Ulbster (1st Viscount Thurso) died - Politician and landowner
1970William McCance died - Painter
1971D. Alan Stevenson died - Lighthouse engineer
1971David Marshall Coulthard born - Grand Prix racing driver
1971David Tennant (David McDonald) born - Actor, who became the tenth Dr Who
1971Dr. Thomas (Tom) J. Honeyman died - Director of the Glasgow Art Gallery
1971Erskine Bridge (Renfrewshire) Opened
1971Ewan Gordon McGregor born - Actor
1971Gail Porter (Gail Hipgrave) born - Television and radio presenter
1971Ibrox Disaster
1971James Gray Stuart (Viscount Stuart of Findhorn) died - Politician
1971John Boyd Orr (Lord Boyd Orr of Brechin) died - Nutritionist and Nobel Prize winner
1971John Charles Walsham Reith (1st Baron Reith of Stonehaven) died - Engineer and Broadcasting Pioneer
1971Kyle of Tongue Causeway (Highland) Constructed
1971Loch Carnan Power Station (Western Isles) Opened
1971Martyn Bennett born - Experimental musician
1971RNAS Prestwick (South Ayrshire) Opened
1971Ramada Hotel (Perth and Kinross) Built
1971Rubislaw Quarry (Aberdeen City) Closed
1971University of Dundee Botanic Gardens (Dundee City) Created
1971William Curley born - Master chocolatier and patissier
1972Andrew (Andy) Dunlop born - Musician
1972David Talbot Rice died - Academic
1972Douglas (Dougie) Payne born - Singer and musician
1972Janice Rankin born - Curling champion
1972John Grierson died - Director and film-maker who introduced the term 'documentary'
1972John Wright Sports Centre (South Lanarkshire) Opened
1972Johnny Ramensky ('Gentle Johnny'; John Ramsay; Yonas Ramanauckas) died - Heroic safe-breaker
1972Michelin Tyre Plant (Dundee City) Opened
1972Michelle Mone born - Entrepreneur and inventor of the Ultimo gel-filled bra
1972Neil Primrose born - Musician
1972Sir (Edward Montague) Compton Mackenzie died - Author
1972Sir Francis Chichester died - Yachtsman
1972St Mary's Pleasance (East Lothian) Created
1972Stephanie Cook born - Pentathlete
1973Cardinal William Theodore Heard died - First post-Reformation Scottish Cardinal
1973Cornalees Visitor Centre (Inverclyde) Opened
1973Dario Franchitti born - Racing driver
1973Douglas (Dougie) Walker born - Athlete
1973Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (14th Duke of Hamilton; 11th Duke of Brandon) died - Pioneering aviator and central character in the flight of Rudolf Hess during World War II
1973Francis (Fran) Healy born - Singer and song-writer
1973Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
1973Muir Matheson died - Musical director and composer
1973Neil Gunn died - Novelist
1973Peter Nicol born - Squash world champion
1973Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt died - Physicist
1973Sir William George Gillies died - Artist
1973The Eastwood Park Theatre (East Renfrewshire) Opened
1973William Alexander Baxter died - Entrepreneur
1974Ballachulish Bridge (Highland) Opened
1974Donald Crisp died - Actor, film director and producer
1974Eric Robert Linklater died - Author
1974Fiona MacDonald born - Curling champion
1974Fruitmarket Gallery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1974High Parks (South Lanarkshire) Created
1974Highland Stoneware Pottery (Highland) Opened
1974John Menzies Campbell died - Dental historian
1974Knockhill (Fife) Opened
1974Ninewells Hospital (Dundee City) Built / Opened
1974Robert (Robbie) McIntosh died - Rock musician
?1975Dalmeny Tank Farm (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1975Aberdeen Crematorium (Aberdeen City) Opened
1975Auchindrain Museum (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1975Dr. Sir John Martin Stagg died - Meteorologist, who set the date for D-Day
1975Edith Bowman born - Broadcaster
1975Fife Ness Lighthouse (Fife) Built
1975Gail McGrane (Gail Pirie) born - Weather forecaster
1975Graeme Randall born - Judo champion
1975HM Prison Cornton Vale (Stirling) Built
1975Heatherbank Museum of Social Work (Glasgow City) Opened
1975Helen Burness Cruickshank died - Poet and activist
1975Hyman Levy died - Mathematician, philosopher and humanist
1975James Robertson Justice died - Portly actor who was born in Wigtown into a distinguished Scottish legal family
1975James Scott Reid (Lord Reid of Drem) died - Jurist and politician
1975John Higgins born - Snooker player
1975Katie (KT) Tunstall born - Singer and song-writer
1975Keen of Hamar National Nature Reserve (Shetland) Designated
1975Mary Ure died - Actress
1975Newmilns Snow and Sports Complex (East Ayrshire) Opened
1975North Sea oil comes ashore
1975Peter Anson died - Although born in Portsmouth, Anson is remembered as a marine artist based in Morayshire
1975Sir Robert Matthew died - Architect
1975The Museum of Flight (East Lothian) Opened
c.1976James Jackson died - Footballer
1976Alastair Sim died - Edinburgh-born actor, particularly remembered for his comedy roles
1976Hunterston 'B' Nuclear Power Station (North Ayrshire) Opened
1976Jenni Falconer born - Television presenter
1976John Muir Country Park (East Lothian) Created
1976Kelly Macdonald born - Actress
1976Kirsty Hume born - Model
1976Maclaurin Art Gallery (South Ayrshire) Opened
1976Robin Laing born - Actor
1976Sir Basil Urwin Spence died - Architect, who attracted controversy for his contemporary designs
1976Sir Christopher (Chris) Hoy born - Record-breaking cyclist
1976Sir Stanley Cursiter died - Painter
1976Strathnaver Museum (Highland) Opened
1976The Eden Court Theatre (Highland) Built
1976The Magnum Centre (North Ayrshire) Opened
c.1977Hunterston Terminal (North Ayrshire) Opened
1977Andrew Lindsay born - Olympic gold-medallist
1977Crawford Arts Centre (Fife) Opened
1977David Millar born - Competitive cyclist at the centre of a doping scandal
1977Dougal Haston died - Mountaineer
1977Edinburgh Airport (West Lothian) Opened
1977Euan Cox died - Plant-hunter
1977Muir of Dinnet (Aberdeenshire) Designated
1977Murchison House (City of Edinburgh) Built
1977Scott Harrison born - Boxer
1977Sir James Miller died - Housebuilder and politician
1977Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane died - Air Chief Marshall of the Royal Air Force
1977St Fergus Gas Shore Station (Aberdeenshire) Opened
1977The Queen's Way (Dumfries and Galloway) Constructed
1978Bandeath Industrial Estate (Stirling) Closed
1978Dunbar's Close Garden (City of Edinburgh) Created
1978Friarton Bridge (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1978Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) died - Poet, nationalist and socialist
1978Robert Shaw died - Actor and novelist
1978Strathspey Railway (Highland) Opened
1978Sullom Voe Oil Terminal (Shetland) Opened
1979Archibald (Archie) Duncan died - Screen and television actor
1979Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway (Falkirk) Opened
1979Cafe Gandolfi (Glasgow City) Built
1979Dawyck Botanic Garden (Scottish Borders) Created
1979Donald Bain died - Artist
1979Inverclyde Royal Hospital (Inverclyde) Built / Opened
1979James McAvoy born - Film and television actor
1979John (Jack) Abbott died - Entrepreneur
c.1980Bandeath Industrial Estate (Stirling) Opened
1980Agnes Miller Parker died - Book illustrator and engraver
1980Birkhill Fireclay Mine (Falkirk) Closed
1980City Art Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1980Easdale Island Folk Museum (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1980John Lennon died - Pop singer and musician
1980John Paton Laurie died - Actor
1980Michelle McManus born - Singer
1980Peterhead Power Station (Aberdeenshire) Opened
1980Prof. Robert Allan Smith died - Physicist and academic leader
1980Ronald Belford (Bon) Scott died - Rock singer
1980Scottish Industrial Railway Centre (East Ayrshire) Opened
1980The Hunterian Art Gallery (Glasgow City) Opened
1980The Mitchell Theatre (Glasgow City) Opened
1980Victoria Drummond died - First British female ship's engineer
1980West Highland Way (Stirling) Opened
1980William Gemmell Cochran died - Statistician
1981Anna (Nan) Shepherd died - Author
1981Archibald Joseph Cronin (A.J. Cronin) died - Author
1981Captain Scott and Dr Wilson Memorial Cairn (Angus) Erected
1981Crosshouse Hospital (East Ayrshire) Built / Opened
1981Eyemouth Museum (Scottish Borders) Opened
1981George 'Phil' Macpherson (G.P.S. Macpherson) died - Rugby player, who became Scotland's first Grand Slam winning captain
1981Innocent Railway Tunnel (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1981Jane Welsh Carlyle House (East Lothian) Opened
1981Malcolm MacDonald died - Politician, civil servant and author
1981Monikie Country Park (Angus) Created
1981Robert Garioch (Robert Garioch Sutherland) died - Satirical poet and translator
1981The Innocent Railway (Midlothian) Opened
1981The Pitlochry Festival Theatre (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1981William (Bill) Shankly died - Football manager
1981William Johnstone died - Painter
1982Clyde Shopping Centre (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
1982Fa'side Castle (East Lothian) Built
1982Gorgie City Farm (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1982Kessock Bridge (Highland) Opened
1982Kippen Smiddy (Stirling) Opened
1982Letham Grange (Angus) Opened
1982McKechnie Institute (South Ayrshire) Opened
1982Peter Ritchie Calder (Lord Ritchie-Calder of Balmashanner) died - Author, journalist and academic
1982Pope John Paul II visits Scotland
1982Rory McEwen died - Botanical artist and folk singer
1982South Ford Causeway (Western Isles) Constructed
1982The Tron Theatre (Glasgow City) Opened
1982Vogrie Country Park (Midlothian) Created
1983Aviva Offices (Perth and Kinross) Built
1983Bristo Square (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
1983Burgar Hill Wind Farm (Orkney) Opened
1983Cedric Thorpe Davie died - Composer and academic
1983Craikhope Outdoor Centre (Scottish Borders) Opened
1983Crombie Country Park (Angus) Created
1983David Niven died - Kirriemuir-born actor
1983Donald Caskie died - The Tartan Pimpernel
1983Hay Lodge Hospital (Scottish Borders) Built / Opened
1983Megget Reservoir (Scottish Borders) Opened
1983Regimental Museum of the Cameronians (South Lanarkshire) Opened
1983St Abbs Head (Scottish Borders) Designated
1983The Burrell Collection (Glasgow City) Opened
1983The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway (South Lanarkshire) Opened
1983The Scottish Maritime Museum (North Ayrshire) Opened
1984Aboyne, Loch of (Aberdeenshire) Designated
1984Bell's Cherrybank Centre (Perth and Kinross) Created
1984Cameron Toll Shopping Centre (City of Edinburgh) Built
1984Central Mosque and Islamic Centre (Glasgow City) Built
1984Drumpellier Country Park (North Lanarkshire) Created
1984House of Falkland (Fife) Established
1984Jameson Clark died - Screen and television actor
1984Kames Motorsport Complex (East Ayrshire) Opened
1984Lochwinnoch Community Museum (Renfrewshire) Opened
1984Marcus Dods died - Composer and musical director
1984Pentland Hills Regional Park (City of Edinburgh) Created
1984Prof. Flora Murray Scott died - Plant physiologist
1984Roy's Bridge (Angus) Opened
1984Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1984Southern Upland Way (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1984Templeton Business Centre (Glasgow City) Opened
1984The Scottish Mining Museum (Midlothian) Opened
1985Charles (Chic) Murray died - Comedian and actor
1985Clickimin Leisure Centre (Shetland) Opened
1985Hare Myre (Perth and Kinross) Designated
1985Isle of Skye Toy Museum (Highland) Opened
1985John (Jock) Stein died - Footballer and football manager
1985Kingsgate Centre (Fife) Opened
1985Monk Myre (Perth and Kinross) Designated
1985Mossmorran (Fife) Opened
1985Rear Admiral Sir Anthony Cecil Capel Miers died - Submariner and naval commander
1985The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (Glasgow City) Opened
1986(William) Sydney Graham (W.S. Graham) died - Neo-Romantic poet
1986Baxters Visitor Centre (Moray) Opened
1986Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh
1986Dr. James Phemister died - Geologist
1986Dunbeath Heritage Centre (Highland) Opened
1986James (Jamie) Murray born - Tennis player
1986Lord Emmanuel (Manny) Shinwell died - Socialist politician
1986Robert Burns Centre (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1986Royal Alexandra Hospital (Renfrewshire) Built / Opened
1986Sir Harold Macmillan (1st Earl of Stockton) died - British Prime Minister
1986Sir Robert Boothby (Lord Boothby of Buchan and Rattray Head) died - Politician
1987Alistair MacLean died - Best-selling novelist
1987Andrew (Andy) Murray born - Tennis player
1987Barnton Quarry Command Centre (City of Edinburgh) Closed
1987Birkhill Fireclay Mine (Falkirk) Opened
1987Charles William Hope (3rd Marquis of Linlithgow) died - Noble and soldier
1987Chatelherault Country Park (South Lanarkshire) Created
1987Formartine & Buchan Way (Aberdeen City) Opened
1987Friars Bridge (Highland) Opened
1987Fulton Mackay died - Actor
1987Museum of Transport (Glasgow City) Opened
1987Paisley Arts Centre (Renfrewshire) Opened
1987Paolo Nutini born - Musician
1987Prof. Ian Donald died - Medical scientist and inventor of the first practical ultrasound scanner
1987Scottish Jewish Archives Centre (Glasgow City) Opened
1987Sir Hugh Fraser died - Businessman
1987St John's Shopping Centre (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1987Summerlee Heritage Park (North Lanarkshire) Opened
1988Andrew Cruickshank died - Actor
1988Bell's Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
1988Jennie Lee (Baroness Ashridge) died - Politician
1988Loch Ardinning Wildlife Reserve (Stirling) Designated
1988Lockerbie Air Disaster
1988Margaret Myles died - Midwife and educator, who was revered in Scotland and respected internationally
1988Museum of Fire (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1988Old Gala House Museum (Scottish Borders) Opened
1988Piper Alpha Disaster
1988Polmonthill Ski Centre (Falkirk) Opened
1988Sir William Kininmonth died - Architect
1988Tangwick Haa Museum (Shetland) Opened
1988The Tramway (Glasgow City) Opened
1988Torness Nuclear Power Station (East Lothian) Opened
1988William (Willie) Ross (Lord Ross of Marnock) died - Labour politician and longest serving Secretary of State for Scotland
1989Birkhill Cemetery (Dundee City) Opened
1989Cairngorm Reindeer Centre (Highland) Opened
1989Caledonian Paper Mill (North Ayrshire) Opened
1989Cousland Smiddy (Midlothian) Opened
1989Edinburgh Canal Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1989Hope Montagu Douglas Scott died - Patron of the Arts
1989Ian Abbot died - Minor poet
1989John Wright Sports Centre (South Lanarkshire) Opened
1989Marchmont House (Scottish Borders) Built / Opened
1989McDiarmid Park (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1989Ness Viaduct (Highland) Opened
1989Ronald David Laing (R.D. Laing) died - Psychiatrist
1989Scottish Constitutional Convention
1989The Giant Angus MacAskill Museum (Highland) Opened
c.1990Scotland's Secret Bunker (Fife) Closed
1990Barra Power Station (Western Isles) Opened
1990Ca' D'Oro (Glasgow City) Opened
1990Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park (Inverclyde) Created
1990Gordon Jackson died - Stage, screen and television actor
1990House for an Art Lover (Glasgow City) Built
1990Ian Charleson died - Stage and screen actor
1990Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse (Aberdeenshire) Closed
1990Kinnaird Head Lighthouse (Aberdeenshire) Built
1990Lanark Museum (South Lanarkshire) Opened
1990Lieutenant Jozef Stanislaw Kosacki died - Inventor and soldier
1990Lt. Colonel Sir (Archibald) David Stirling died - The Phantom Major, who founded the Special Air Service (SAS)
1990New Lanark Visitor Centre (South Lanarkshire) Opened
1990North Berwick Museum (East Lothian) Opened
1990Radisson SAS Hotel (City of Edinburgh) Built
1990Roy Williamson died - Folk musician
1990Scotland achieve the Rugby Grand Slam
1990Scottish Agricultural College (Aberdeen City) Established
1990St Enoch Shopping Centre (Glasgow City) Opened
1990Strathclyde Police Museum (Glasgow City) Opened
1990The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (Glasgow City) Built
1990Valleyfield Woodland Park (Fife) Created
1990Vatersay Causeway (Western Isles) Constructed
1991Angus MacAskill Monument (Western Isles) Erected
1991Birnie Loch Nature Reserve (Fife) Created
1991Dr. Thomas (Tom) Anderson died - Fiddler and composer
1991Glenfinnan Station Museum (Highland) Opened
1991Grassic Gibbon Centre (Aberdeenshire) Opened
1991Methil Heritage Centre (Fife) Opened
1991Roman Heritage Centre (Scottish Borders) Opened
1991Sir Ewan Forbes of Craigievar died - Transexual and the focus of a landmark legal case
1991Sir Harold Montague (Monty) Finniston died - Re-organiser of British Steel
1991St Andrews Museum (Fife) Opened
1991Stirling Old Town Jail (Stirling) Opened
1991The Aberdeenshire Farming Museum (Aberdeenshire) Opened
1992Bervie Brow (Aberdeenshire) Closed
1992Dumfries Ice Bowl (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1992Eric Liddell Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1992Fergusson Gallery (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1992Isle of Barra Golf Course (Western Isles) Opened
1992John McEwen died - Radical socialist and proponent of land reform
1992Kirriemuir Aviation Museum (Angus) Opened
1992Napier University (City of Edinburgh) Established
1992Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen City) Established
1992The Linlithgow Story (West Lothian) Opened
1992The S.V. Glenlee (Glasgow City) Opened
1992The Traverse Theatre (City of Edinburgh) Built
1992Western Isles Hospital (Western Isles) Built / Opened
1993Alexander Mackendrick died - Film director
1993Braer Disaster
1993Broadwood Loch (North Lanarkshire) Opened
1993Cardinal Gordon Joseph Gray died - The first post-Reformation Cardinal to lead the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland
1993Drummond Trout Farm and Fishery (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1993Floral Hall (Highland) Created
1993Glasgow Caledonian University (Glasgow City) Established
1993Gretna Green Station (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1993Hew Lorimer died - Sculptor
1993Innes Ireland died - Motor-racing champion
1993John Crichton-Stuart (6th Marquess of Bute) died - Conservationist
1993Joseph (Jo) Grimond (Baron Grimond of Firth) died - Politician
1993Newhaven Heritage Museum (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1993Paxton House (Scottish Borders) Opened
1993Percy Edwin Alan Johnson-Marshall died - Town planner, architect and academic
1993Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum (East Lothian) Opened
1993Prof. Kenneth Mellanby died - Ecologist and entomologist who drew attention to the environmental effects of pesticides
1993Sawtooth Ramps (West Lothian) Erected
1993Sir George Taylor died - Botanist and plant hunter
1993St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art (Glasgow City) Opened
1993University of Paisley (Renfrewshire) Established
1994A.K. Bell Library (Perth and Kinross) Established
1994Alien Rock (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1994Andrew (Andy) Stewart died - Comedian and Singer
1994Deep Sea World (Fife) Opened
1994Dunbar Town House Museum (East Lothian) Opened
1994Eurocentral (North Lanarkshire) Opened
1994Glasgow Climbing Centre (Glasgow City) Opened
1994Golden Jubilee National Hospital (West Dunbartonshire) Built / Opened
1994James Paterson Museum (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1994Jessie Kesson (Jessie Grant McDonald) died - Author and play-wright
1994John Smith died - Member of Parliament and Leader of the British Labour Party
1994Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994
1994Mark McManus died - Actor
1994Patrick (Paddy) Connelly Meehan died - Bank robber and safe-cracker
1994Peter Caddy died - Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation
1994Play Drome Leisure Centre (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
1994Sir Matthew (Matt) Busby died - Football manager
1994The Buckie Drifter Maritime Heritage Centre (Moray) Opened
1994The Festival Theatre (City of Edinburgh) Built
1994The Highland Theological College (Highland) Established
1994The Scottish Lime Centre (Fife) Opened
1994University of Abertay (Dundee City) Established
1995Duff House (Aberdeenshire) Opened
1995Duke's Golf Course (Fife) Opened
1995Hagshaw Hill Wind Farm (South Lanarkshire) Opened
1995Hamilton Water Palace (South Lanarkshire) Opened
1995Isle of Arran Distillery (North Ayrshire) Opened
1995James Herriot (James Alfred Wight) died - Author
1995Kilwinning Abbey Tower Heritage Centre (North Ayrshire) Opened
1995Lamp of Lothian Collegiate Centre (East Lothian) Opened
1995Scotland's Secret Bunker (Fife) Opened
1995Scottish Railway Exhibition (Falkirk) Opened
1995Scottish Vintage Bus Museum (Fife) Opened
1995Simon Fraser (17th Lord Lovat) died - Soldier, who created the 'Commandos'
1995Sir Alexander (Alec) Douglas-Home (Lord Home of the Hirsel) died - British Prime Minister
1995Sir Alexander Gibson died - Conductor
1995Sir Nicholas Fairbairn died - Flamboyant politician
1995Skye Bridge (Highland) Opened
1995The Scottish Archery Centre (East Lothian) Opened
1996Air Commodore Colin Simpson Cadell died - Aviator and electrical engineer
1996Barra Heritage and Cultural Centre (Western Isles) Opened
1996Biblical Garden (Moray) Created
1996British Golf Museum (Fife) Opened
1996Caledonian Stadium (Highland) Opened
1996Craigie Horticultural Centre (South Ayrshire) Opened
1996DOM Gallery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1996Dolly The Sheep born - The first mammal ever to be cloned from an adult cell
1996Dr. John Lorne Campbell died - Folklorist, historian and author, noted for his study of Hedridean and Gaelic culture
1996George Mackay Brown died - Poet and novelist
1996Greengairs Power Station (North Lanarkshire) Opened
1996John Adrian Louis Hope (Baron Glendevon) died - Noble and politician
1996Maggie's Centre Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh) Built
1996Motherwell Heritage Centre (North Lanarkshire) Opened
1996Newtonhill Community Woodland (Highland) Designated
1996Norman MacCaig died - Poet
1996Rachel House (Perth and Kinross) Built / Opened
1996Return of the Stone of Destiny
1996Scottish Government (Victoria Quay) (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1996Scottish National Golf Centre (Fife) Opened
1996Seton Dean (East Lothian) Designated
1996Sorley MacLean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) died - Gaelic Poet
1996The Dome (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1996The Lochside Theatre (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1996Unst Bus Shelter (Shetland) Opened
1996Verdant Works (Dundee City) Opened
1996Windy Standard Wind Farm (East Ayrshire) Opened
1996Dunblane Massacre
1997Aberdeen Maritime Museum (Aberdeen City) Opened
1997Archaeolink Prehistory Park (Aberdeenshire) Opened
1997Brian Connolly died - Rock singer
1997Buxton Daeblitz Orr died - Composer
1997Emilio Coia died - Caricaturist
1997Glover House (Aberdeen City) Opened
1997Gordon Highlanders Regimental Museum (Aberdeen City) Opened
1997Inverness Leisure Centre and Aquadome (Highland) Opened
1997Machrihanish Air Station (Argyll and Bute) Closed
1997Novar Wind Farm (Highland) Opened
1997Piperdam Golf and Country Park (Angus) Created
1997Scalpay Bridge (Western Isles) Opened
1997Scottish Flag Heritage Centre (East Lothian) Opened
1997Sir Alexander Robertus Todd (Lord Todd of Trumpington) died - Scientist
1997Spiggie, Loch of (Shetland) Designated
1997The Devil's Porridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1997The Horn (West Lothian) Erected
1997The Scottish Crannog Centre (Perth and Kinross) Opened
1997Witness Cairn (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
1998Bayview Stadium (Fife) Opened
1998Craigencalt Farm Ecology Centre (Fife) Created
1998Hunter Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
1998Iain Crichton Smith (Iain MacGhobhainn) died - Poet, novelist and teacher
1998Jock Purdon died - Poet and folk singer
1998King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Centre (City of Edinburgh) Built
1998Knock Stone Circle (West Lothian) Erected
1998Monktonhall Colliery Site (Midlothian) Closed
1998Queen Margaret University (East Lothian) Established
1998Sir Alexander (Alec) Kirkland Cairncross died - Economist
1998Sir Ian Kinloch MacGregor died - Industrialist, who presided over the reorganisation of Britain's nationalised heavy industries
1998Sir Robert Lang Lickley died - Aeronautical Engineer
1998The Royal Yacht Britannia (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1998Vigil for the Scottish Parliament Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected
1998Vincent Winter died - Child actor and film-maker
1999Angus Calder Malcolm (Callum) Macdonald died - Printer and publisher of Scottish poetry
1999Baldovie Waste to Energy Plant (Dundee City) Opened
1999Beinn Ghlas Wind Farm (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1999Berneray Causeway (Western Isles) Constructed
1999Big Heids (North Lanarkshire) Erected
1999Braehead Centre (Glasgow City) Opened
1999Creagan Bridge (Argyll and Bute) Opened
1999Dean Gallery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1999Domenico Chiocchetti died - Creator of the noted 'Italian Chapel' on Lamb Holm (Orkney)
1999HM Prison Kilmarnock (East Ayrshire) Built
1999Hamilton Palace Sports Grounds (South Lanarkshire) Opened
1999Ian Bannen died - Actor
1999Lena Zavaroni died - Child pop-star
1999Makar's Court (City of Edinburgh) Erected
1999Naomi Mitchison died - Novelist and poet
1999Our Dynamic Earth (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1999Prestwick International Aerospace Park (South Ayrshire) Opened
1999Restoration of the Scottish Parliament
1999Simon Ramsay (16th Earl of Dalhousie) died - Land-owner, statesman and Politician
1999The Edinburgh Festival Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1999The Lighthouse (Glasgow City) Opened
1999The Museum of Scotland (City of Edinburgh) Opened
1999William (Willie) Stephen Ian Whitelaw (1st Viscount Whitelaw of Penrith) died - Conservative politician
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