Events from the year 1988 in Scotland.
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edit- March – Seafield Colliery at Kirkcaldy closes.
- 26 April–26 September – Glasgow Garden Festival. Bell's Bridge is built in connection with it.
- 21 May – "Sermon on the Mound": Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, addresses the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
- 6 July – Piper Alpha oil rig in the North Sea explodes and results in the death of 167 workers.[1]
- 7 August – Scotland on Sunday newspaper launched.
- 2 November – Housing (Scotland) Act 1988, receives Royal Assent.
- 10 November – The Scottish National Party win the Glasgow Govan by-election from Labour with a swing of 33%.
- 6–10 December – The 1988 European Curling Championships take place in Perth.[2]
- 21 December – Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over the town of Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, and kills a total of 270 people – including all 259 on board. It is believed that the cause of the explosion was a terrorist bomb.[3]
Births
edit- 7 January – Alan Lowing, footballer[4]
- 2 June – Grado (Graeme Stevely), professional wrestler and screen actor
- 21 July – Chris Mitchell, footballer (died 2016)[5]
- 22 October – Sharon Rooney, actress
- 5 December – Omar Raza, actor
- 30 December – Leon Jackson, pop singer
Deaths
edit- 11 February – Marion Crawford, Scottish educator and governess to Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II (born 1909)[6]
- 12 April – Harry McShane, socialist (born 1891)
- 26 August – Oscar Marzaroli, photographer (born 1933 in Italy)
The Arts
edit- August – The Proclaimers release their album Sunshine on Leith with lead single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)".
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Piper Alpha oil rig ablaze". BBC News. 6 July 1988. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- ^ "Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Curling Championships". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Jumbo jet crashes onto Lockerbie". BBC News. 21 December 1988. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- ^ "Alan Lowing Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Obituary: Chris Mitchell, footballer". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Ewan, Elizabeth; Pipes, Rose; Rendall, Jane; Reynolds, Siân (2018). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-1-4744-3628-1.