1993 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1993 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1993 in: The UK • England • Wales • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1992–93 • 1993–94
1993 in Scottish television
Timeline of Scottish history
1993 in: The UK • England • Wales • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 1992–93 • 1993–94
1993 in Scottish television
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Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- 5 January – oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on South Mainland of Shetland, spilling 84,700 tonnes of crude oil into the sea.[1] She is broken up by the following Braer Storm of January 1993.
- 1 April
- The Council Tax replaces the Community Charge as a means of raising revenue for local government.
- Glasgow Caledonian University is created by merger of Glasgow Polytechnic and The Queen's College, Glasgow.
- 8 May – a new Methodist church building in Haroldswick, Shetland is dedicated, the most northerly church in the British Isles.
- 27 May – the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1993, which increases the penalties for cruelty to animals, receives the Royal Assent.[2]
- 29 May – Rangers F.C. beat Aberdeen 2–1 to win the Scottish Cup.
- 9 June – Hulk of barque Glenlee returns to the Clyde (where she was built in 1896) from Spain under tow for restoration as a museum ship.[3]
- July – Jim McLean steps down as manager of Dundee United after a reign of 21 years and seven months.
- 15 July – Rangers sign Duncan Ferguson for £4 million from Dundee United, a record fee between two British clubs.[4]
- 13 September – Andy Roxburgh resigns after seven years as manager of the Scotland national football team, who now have virtually no hope of qualifying for next summer's World Cup.[5]
- 1 November – Craig Brown appointed manager of the Scotland national football team.[6]
Births
- 26 January – Lana Clelland, footballer[7]
- 9 May – Laura Muir, middle-distance runner[8]
- 14 June – Graeme MacGregor, footballer[9]
- 15 August – Vicky Wright, curler[10]
- 4 September – Emma Brownlie, footballer[11]
- 21 September – Kirsty Gilmour, badminton player[12]
- 27 September – Sarah Robertson, field hockey player[13]
Deaths
- 18 January – Arthur Donaldson, former Scottish National Party leader (born 1901)
- 21 July – John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute, architectural conservationist (born 1933 in London)
- 11 October – Andy Stewart, singer (born 1933)
- 24 October – Jo Grimond, former Liberal Party leader (born 1913)
The arts
- April – St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art opens in Glasgow.[14]
- 30 August – Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting is released at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
- December – English writer Jo Rowling moves to Edinburgh where she works on her first Harry Potter novel.
- Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow becomes the first conservatoire in the United Kingdom to be granted its own degree-awarding powers.
- Peter Howson is appointed British official war artist in the Bosnian War.