Events from the year 1984 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – George Younger
Law officers Lord Advocate – Lord Mackay of Clashfern; then Lord Cameron of Lochbroom Solicitor General for Scotland – Peter Fraser
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Wheatley Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Elliott
Events 12 March – 1984/5 Miner's Strike: Polmaise Colliery is the first mine in Scotland to witness a walkout of its workers.Two miners from Polmaise Colliery reflect on strike of 1984 STV, accessed 1 January 2012. 16 April – Culmination of the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars with the murder by arson of six members of the Doyle family. 3 May – 1984/5 miner's strike: Nearly 300 miners are arrested outside Ravenscraig steelworks in clashes with police as they try to stop lorries laden with coal entering.1984 Miner's Strike saw 300 arrests in one day at Ravenscraig wishawpress.co.uk, accessed 1 January 2012. 14 June – Elections to the European Parliament result in Labour gaining three seats from the Conservatives to win 5 of the 8 seats in Scotland, with the Conservatives reduced to two and the SNP retaining the one they previously held. www.alba.org.uk, accessed 3 January 2012. 30 July – Polmont rail accident at Polmont, near Falkirk, when an express train from Edinburgh to Glasgow, travelling at high speed, strikes a cow on the track near Polmont station, derailing several carriages and resulting in thirteen deaths and 61 injuries. 8 August – Official opening of Kylesku Bridge, replacing a ferry. August – Hutton oilfield production begins in the East Shetland Basin. Kellas cat identified as a hybrid. Fossil Westlothiana lizziae, one of the earliest known tetrapods, is found in East Kirkton Quarry, West Lothian.
Births 17 January – Calvin Harris, born Adam Richard Wiles, pop singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ 27 February – Catriona Forrest, field hockey player 12 March – Neil Fachie, para-cyclist 8 May – Martin Compston, screen actor and footballer 5 September – Alison Bell, field hockey player 8 September – Finlay Wild, fell runner 25 October – Adam MacKenzie, field hockey defender 30 November – Alan Hutton, footballer
Deaths 28 March – Jimmy McGowan, footballer (born 1924) 15 April – Alexander Trocchi, writer (born 1925) 6 September – Donny MacLeod, TV presenter (born 1932; heart attack) 11 October – Benno Schotz, sculptor (born 1891 in Germany) date unknown Jean Bain of Crathie, Aberdeenshire, last speaker of Deeside Gaelic (born Jean McDonald, 1890) George Campbell Hay, poet (born 1915)
The arts 16 February – Iain Banks' first novel The Wasp Factory is published. Robert Alan Jamieson's novel Soor Hearts is published. James Kelman's first (published) novel The Busconductor Hines is published in Edinburgh. Scottish Poetry Library established. Puppet Animation Scotland organization is founded.
See also 1984 in Northern Ireland
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