1970 in Scotland
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Timeline of Scottish history
1970 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1969–70 • 1970–71
1970 in Scottish television
Events from the year 1970 in Scotland .
Incumbents
[edit ]Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Willie Ross until 20 June; then Gordon Campbell
Law officers
[edit ]- Lord Advocate – Henry Wilson; then Norman Wylie
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Ewan Stewart until June; then David Brand
Judiciary
[edit ]- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grant
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Birsay
Events
[edit ]- 21 January – Fraserburgh lifeboat Duchess of Kent, on service to the Danish fishing vessel Opal, capsizes with the loss of five of the six crew members.
- 19 March – The South Ayrshire by-election is held. Jim Sillars retains the seat for the Labour Party.
- 24 May – The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Luke in Glasgow is raised to this status.
- 18 June – The 1970 general election is held. Labour wins a majority in Scotland with 48 out of the 71 seats available, but the Conservative Party wins a majority across the UK, and Edward Heath replaces Harold Wilson as Prime Minister. The Scottish National Party wins its first MP elected at a general election (Donald Stewart in the Western Isles) but Winnie Ewing loses the Hamilton seat; leaving the SNP with only a single seat.
- 26 June – The Kingston Bridge, Glasgow opens.
- 16 – 25 July: the 1970 British Commonwealth Games are held in Edinburgh.
- 26 July – 1 August – the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games are held in Edinburgh.
- 7 October – BP announces the discovery of the massive Forties Oil Field in Scottish waters.
- Hepatitis B outbreak in Edinburgh.
- Blair Drummond Safari Park opens.
Births
[edit ]- 14 February – Paul Rutherford, powerlifter
- 16 April – James Watson, actor
- 10 May – David Weir, international footballer
- 4 July
- Lewis MacLeod, voice actor
- Doddie Weir, rugby union player (died 2022)[1]
- 19 July – Nicola Sturgeon, SNP politician, First Minister of Scotland (2014– ; Deputy from 2007)[2]
- 21 July – Angus MacNeil, SNP politician
- 12 August – Alan Brown, SNP politician
- 21 August – David Hopkin, footballer
- 22 July – Doug Johnstone, crime fiction writer, rock musician and physicist
- 17 September – Dallas Campbell, television presenter
- 17 December – Stella Tennant, model (died 2020)
- 23 December – Karine Polwart, singer-songwriter
Deaths
[edit ]- 25 May – Tom Patey, mountaineer (born 1932), died in climbing accident
- 13 June – John Nicholson, footballer (born 1888)
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Doddie Weir, former Scotland rugby international, dies after lengthy battle with motor neurone disease". Sky News. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Nicola Sturgeon | Biography, Facts, & Scottish Independence". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2020.