1984 in Scotland
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{{Year in Scotland| 1984}}
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Events from the year 1984 in Scotland.
Incumbents
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Events
- 12 March – 1984/5 Miner's Strike: Polmaise Colliery is the first mine in Scotland to witness a walkout of its workers.[http://video.stv.tv/bc/news-miners-extended-interview/?redirect=no 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 in clashes with police as they try to stop lorries laden with coal entering.[http://www.wishawpress.co.uk/lifestyle/lifestyle-news-features/2009/05/13/day-of-300-arrests-that-shook-industrial-world-76495-23606363/2/ 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.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080907225244/http://www.alba.org.uk/eecelect/eecscot.html European Parliamentary Elections]}} 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.{{cite book|author1=Department of Transport|author2=Major A.G.B. King|year=1985|title=Railway Accident: Report on the Derailment that occurred on 30th July 1984 near Polmont in the Scottish Region, British Railways|publisher=HMSO|isbn=0-11-550685-3|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docSummary.php?docID=270}}
- 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.{{cite web|url=http://scotcats.online.fr/abc/identification/kellascataron.html|title=Kellas Cats, Scotching the Myth|last=Bowers|first=Aron|publisher=Scottish Big Cat Trust|access-date=2018-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914184415/http://scotcats.online.fr/abc/identification/kellascataron.html|archive-date=2015-09-14|url-status=live}}
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{{cite web |title=Neil Fachie |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/neil-fachie/ |website=Team Scotland |access-date=9 September 2022}}
- 8 May – Martin Compston, screen actor and footballer
- 5 September – Alison Bell, field hockey player{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 - Alison Bell Profile |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1028987/alison_bell.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807023307/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1028987/alison_bell.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=7 August 2020 |website=results.glasgow2014.com |access-date=1 April 2020}}
- 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){{cite journal|first1=Adam|last1=Watson|author-link=Adam Watson (scientist)|first2=R. D.|last2=Clement|title=Aberdeenshire Gaelic|journal=Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness|volume=52|year=1983|pages=373–404}}
- 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.{{Cite web |title=Homegrown visual theatre artists to light up new-look Manipulate Festival at Summerhall |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/homegrown-visual-theatre-artists-light-new-look-manipulate-festival-summerhall-1395912 |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.scotsman.com |language=en}}