Events from the year 2020 in Scotland
Incumbents
Events
January
- 29 January – MSPs vote 64–54 to back calls for a second Scottish independence referendum.[1]
February
- 6 February – Derek Mackay resigns as Finance Secretary hours before delivering his budget following reports that he messaged a sixteen-year-old boy on social media over a period of several months.[2]
- 14 February – Jackson Carlaw is elected as leader of the Scottish Conservative Party.[3]
- 17 February – Kate Forbes is appointed as Finance Secretary, the first woman to hold the post.[4]
March
- 1 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland: Authorities confirm the first case of the global COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland, the index case of coronavirus being a traveller having returned from Italy.[5]
- 13 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland: Authorities confirm the first death from COVID-19 in Scotland.[6]
April
- 3 April – The results of the 2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election are announced, in which Jackie Baillie is elected as the deputy leader of Scottish Labour.[7][8]
June
- 21 June – The 'Peebles Hoard', comprising Bronze Age horse harness, a sword in its scabbard and other artefacts including a "rattle pendant", is discovered near Peebles in the Borders by a metal detectorist.[9]
- 26 June – Glasgow hotel stabbings.[10]
August
- 4 August – The Scottish Qualifications Authority issues moderated grades to school pupils who have not been able to take examinations due to the COVID-19 pandemic;[11] on 10 August, Nicola Sturgeon publicly accepts that her government "did not get it right" over this procedure.[12]
- 5 August – Following the resignation on 30 July of Jackson Carlaw as leader of the Scottish Conservatives, he is succeeded by Douglas Ross MP.[13]
- 11 August – Ruth Davidson is appointed Leader of the Scottish Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament by Douglas Ross, becoming the Leader of the Opposition again.[14]
- 12 August – Stonehaven derailment: A passenger train derails after striking a landslip near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, with 3 deaths.[15]
October
- 15 October – Kintore railway station reopens.[16]
November
- 25 November – Scotland becomes the first country in the world to make it a legal duty for period products to be available to anyone for free after the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill is approved.[17]
Deaths
January
- 6 January – Danny Masterton, footballer (Ayr United, Clyde) (born 1954)[18]
- 12 January – Jackie Brown, boxer, Commonwealth Games gold medallist (1958), British and Commonwealth flyweight champion (1962–1963) (born 1935)[19]
- 15 January – Bobby Brown, Hall of Fame footballer (Rangers, Queen's Park) and manager (national team) (born 1923)[20]
February
- 6 February – Jimmy Moran, footballer (Norwich City, Northampton Town, Workington) (born 1935)[21]
March
- 9 March – George Strachan, cricketer (national team) (born 1932)[22]
- 11 March – Dave Souter, footballer (Clyde, Dundee) (born 1940)[23]
- 12 March – Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, peer (born 1955)[24]
- 30 March – Alex Forsyth, footballer (Darlington) (born 1928)[25]
April
- 5 April – Dougie Morgan, rugby union player (Stewart's Melville, British and Irish Lions, national team) (born 1947)[26]
- 14 April – Ron Wylie, footballer and manager (Notts County, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion) (born 1933)[27]
- 23 April – John Murphy, footballer (Ayr United) (born 1942)[28]
May
- 1 May – Derek Ogg, lawyer (born 1954)[29]
- 2 May – John Ogilvie, footballer (Hibernian, Leicester City, Mansfield Town), COVID-19 (born 1928)[30]
July
- 9 July – Johnny Beattie, actor (River City) and comedian (Scotch & Wry, Rab C. Nesbitt) (born 1926)[31]
- 13 July – Pat Quinn, footballer (Motherwell, national team) and manager (East Fife) (born 1936)[32]
- 15 July – Maurice Roëves, actor (Oh! What a Lovely War, Escape to Victory, Judge Dredd) (born 1937)[33]
- 17 July – Alex Dawson, footballer (Manchester United, Preston North End, Brighton & Hove Albion) (born 1940)[34]
- 21 July – Hugh McLaughlin, footballer (St Mirren, Third Lanark, Queen of the South) (born 1945)[35]
- 24 July – David Hagen, footballer (Falkirk, Clyde, Peterhead), motor neuron disease (born 1973)[36]
August
- 4 August – Willie Hunter, footballer (Motherwell, national team) and manager (Queen of the South) (born 1940)[37]
September
- 7 September – Logie Bruce Lockhart, rugby union player (national team), schoolmaster, writer and journalist (born 1921)[38]
- 20 September – Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight, herald, Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland (1981–2001) (born 1938)[39]
November
- 22 November – Hamish MacInnes, mountaineer (born 1930)[40]
December
- 21 December – Sandy Grant Gordon, whisky distiller (born 1931)[41]
- 26 December – Jim McLean, footballer and manager (Dundee United) (born 1937)[42]
The Arts
- 11 February – Douglas Stuart's debut novel Shuggie Bain, a story of growing up in 1980s Glasgow, is first published in the United States; it wins this year's Booker Prize.[43]
- October – Two of the five winners of the UK 2020 ArtFund Museum of the Year Award are Aberdeen Art Gallery and Gairloch Museum.[44]
See also
References
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- ^ "Derek Mackay: Scottish finance secretary quits over messages to boy". BBC News. BBC. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Scottish Conservatives: Jackson Carlaw succeeds Ruth Davidson as leader". BBC News. BBC. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Carrell, Severin (17 February 2020). "Kate Forbes appointed Scotland's first female finance secretary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus (COVID-19): First positive case in Scotland". Scottish Government. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus: Death of first Scottish patient with Covid-19 confirmed". BBC News. BBC. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Jackie Baillie elected Scottish Labour deputy leader". BBC News. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Riordan, Conor (3 April 2020). "Scottish Labour names Jackie Baillie as new deputy leader". Daily Record. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Detectorist 'shaking with happiness' after Bronze Age find". BBC News. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ "Man shot dead by police after Glasgow stabbings". BBC News. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ Esson, Graeme (2020-08-04). "Scotland's results 2020: How grades were worked out for Scottish pupils". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ "Nicola Sturgeon 'sorry' over Scottish exam results". BBC News. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ "Douglas Ross confirmed as Scottish Conservative leader". BBC News. 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ "Scottish Conservatives appoint Ruth Davidson as Holyrood Leader". The Guardian. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Stonehaven crash: train derailed by landslip, investigators confirm". The Guardian. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Aberdeenshire railway station reopens 56 years after closure". Evening Express. 15 October 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Period poverty: Scotland first in world to make period products free". BBC News. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Danny Masterton". Clyde F.C. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ McKenzie, James (13 January 2020). "Edinburgh boxing champion Jackie Brown who once shared dressing room with Muhammad Ali, dies aged 84 after dementia battle". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Bobby Brown 1923–2020". Rangers F.C. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Jimmy Moran". Football Database. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "George Strachan". East League. 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Souter". Family Announcements. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Aberdeen". The Telegraph Announcements. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Obituary - Alex Forsyth". East Stirlingshire FC. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Stewart's Melville, Scotland and Lions great Dougie Morgan passes away". The Offside Line. 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Members News: Ron Wylie RIP (06/08/1933 -14/04/2020) : Coventry City Former Players Association || CCFPA". www.ccfpa.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Obituary: John 'Spud' Murphy, legendary Ayr United player". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Tributes paid to top QC found dead at his Glasgow home". BBC News. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Popular Leicester City veteran defender dies after contracting coronavirus". Leicester Mercury. 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Stage and screen entertainer Johnny Beattie dies aged 93". BBC News. BBC. 9 July 2020.
- ^ McGilvray, Andy (13 July 2020). "Former Motherwell star Pat Quinn has passed away". Daily Record.
- ^ "Scottish actor Maurice Roeves dies aged 83". BBC News. BBC. 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Alex Dawson: Ex-Man Utd, Preston, Bury, Brighton forward dies aged 80". BBC Sport. 17 July 2020.
- ^ "St Mirren saddened to hear of passing of Hugh McLaughlin". St Mirren Football Club. 27 July 2020.
- ^ "David Hagen: Ex-Rangers player dies aged 47 after MND battle". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Former Portsmouth assistant manager Willie Hunter dies aged 80". Portsmouth News. 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Logie Bruce-Lockhart obituary". The Times. 19 September 2020. (subscription required)
- ^ "Sir Malcolm Rognvald Innes of Edingight". The Times. 26 September 2020. (subscription required)
- ^ McLaughlin, Martyn (25 November 2020). "Hamish MacInnes was a giant among men and mountains". The Scotsman. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Obituary: Alexander (Sandy) Grant Gordon CBE - The founding father of Single Malt". DRAM Scotland. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Jim McLean: Dundee Utd announce death of legendary manager aged 83". BBC Sport. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Flood, Alison (2020-11-19). "Douglas Stuart wins Booker prize for debut Shuggie Bain". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ^ "Meet our winners". Art Fund. 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
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