1983 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1983 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – George Younger

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Lord Mackay of Clashfern
• 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

• 11 May – Aberdeen F.C. beat Real Madrid 2–1 (after extra time) to win the European Cup Winner's Cup.
• 21 May – Aberdeen beat Rangers 1–0 to win the Scottish Cup.
• 30 September – Megget Reservoir officially opened.
• 5 October – Harviestoun Brewery established.
• 24 October – Dennis Nilsen goes on trial at the Central Criminal Court in London accused of six murders and two attempted murders. He confesses to murdering "15 or 16" young men.^[1]
• 4 November – Dennis Nilsen is sentenced to life imprisonment.
• 20 December – Aberdeen beat European Cup Winners Hamburg 2–0 to become the first Scottish club to win the UEFA Super Cup.^[2]
• Brae oilfield production begins.
• Glasgow Central Mosque built.

Births

• 1 January – Mark Beaumont, adventurer
• 27 January – Douglas Ross, Conservative politician
• 8 February – Ashley Mulheron, actress and television presenter
• 14 March – Anas Sarwar, Labour politician
• 15 March – Sean Biggerstaff, actor
• 8 June – Allan Dick, field hockey goalkeeper
• 22 August – Julie Kilpatrick, field hockey player
• 20 September – Freya Ross, née Murray, long-distance runner
• 30 September – Louise Munn, field hockey defender

Deaths

• 27 April – Christina Larner, historian (born 1933 in England)^[3]
• 5 July – Alec Cheyne, international footballer (born 1907)
• August – Winifred Rushforth, psychoanalyst (born 1885)
• 26 August – Major-General Douglas Wimberley, soldier (born 1896)
• 20 September – Andy Beattie, international footballer and manager (born 1913)

The arts

• 17 February – release of Bill Forsyth's film Local Hero.
• 6 September – ITV broadcasts the Scottish Television-produced police procedural Killer, set in Glasgow, pilot for the series Taggart.^[4]
• 21 October – Burrell Collection opened in Glasgow.
• Alternative rock band Del Amitri is formed in Glasgow.
• Alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain is formed in East Kilbride.
• Folk rock band The Proclaimers is formed by twins Craig and Charlie Reid of Auchtermuchty.
• Gael Turnbull publishes his poems From the Language of the Heart: Some Imitations from the Gaelic of Sine Reisideach in Glasgow.

See also

• 1983 in Northern Ireland

Notes and References

1. News: 1983: Nilsen 'strangled and mutilated' victims. BBC News. 2007-11-25. 1983-10-24.
2. Web site: Tuesday 20 December 1983. On This Day. Kevin. Stirling. Aberdeen Football Club. 2012-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20101223090514/http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20101220/on-this-day_2212158_2243845. 23 December 2010. dead.
3. Book: Ewan . Elizabeth . Pipes . Rose . Rendall . Jane . Reynolds . Siân . The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women . 2018 . Edinburgh . 978-1-4744-3629-8 . 240.
4. News: Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch. The Scotsman. 2004-07-03. 2012-04-28.