1998 in Scotland

Events from the year 1998 in Scotland.

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See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1998 in: The UK • England • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1997–98 • 1998–99 1998 in Scottish television

Incumbents

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland

• Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Donald Dewar

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Lord Hardie
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Colin Boyd

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Cullen
• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord McGhie

Events

• 7 March – Outer Hebrides community radio station Isles FM is launched, broadcasting from studios in Stornoway.
• 31 March – The last Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouse is converted to automatic operation without resident keepers, Fair Isle South.
• 25 May – Torness Nuclear Power Station commissioned near the town of Dunbar, East Lothian.
• 31 May – The Sky Scottish satellite television channel closes after eighteen months on air.
• 10 June – Scotland open the 1998 World Cup, playing champions Brazil in France, though they lose 2-1 after a deflected goal in the seventy-sixth minute.^[1]
• 16 June – Scotland draw 1–1 against Norway in their second game of the World Cup.
• 23 June – Scotland lose 3–0 to Morocco in their final group stage match of the world Cup, failing to qualify for the next round.
• August – Edinburgh Modular Arm System, the world's first bionic arm, is fitted.^[2]
• 24 August – The Netherlands is selected as the venue for the trial of the two Libyans who are charged with the Lockerbie aircraft bombing that killed 270 people in December 1988.
• 5 October – Fife radio station Kingdom FM is launched, broadcasting from studios in Markinch.
• November – Scottish Socialist Party established.
• 19 November – The Scotland Act, the legislation to set up a devolved unicameral Scottish Parliament, receives its royal assent.^[3]
• 30 November – new Museum of Scotland opened in Edinburgh.
• 26 December – great Boxing Day Storm: severe gale force winds hit Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England. Roads, railways and electricity are disrupted.

Births

• 1 March – Mili Smith, curler^[4]
• 23 May – Ross Cunningham, footballer
• 19 July – Erin Cuthbert, footballer^[5]
• 22 September – Isis Hainsworth, actress^[6]
• 20 October – Jordan Allan, footballer

Deaths

• 10 March – Ian Dunn, gay and paedophile rights activist, founder of the Scottish Minorities Group (born 1943)^[7]
• 7 April – James McIntosh Patrick, landscape painter (born 1907)
• 15 October – Iain Crichton Smith, poet (born 1928)
• 21 October – Sir Alec Cairncross, economist (born 1911)
• November – Robin Hall, folk singer (born 1936)
• 8 November – Rumer Godden, novelist (born 1907 in England)

The arts

• Martyn Bennett's Celtic fusion album Bothy Culture is released.
• Kevin MacNeil's poetry collection Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides is published in Edinburgh.
• The BBC Scotland television drama Looking After Jo Jo, starring Robert Carlyle, is screened.

See also

• 1998 in Northern Ireland

References

1. "A Sporting Nation". BBC. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
2. "EMAS: The first bionic arm". National Museums Scotland. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
3. "Devolution". Scotland Office. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
4. "Mili Smith". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
5. "Erin Cuthbert | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". ChelseaFC. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
6. Barraclough, Leo (9 April 2021). "'Metal Lords' Actor Isis Hainsworth Takes Major Role in Lena Dunham's 'Catherine Called Birdy'". Variety. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
7. Obituary: Ian Dunn | The Independent