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Events from 2011 in Scotland
Incumbents Events January - 1 January - the United Nations is to examine claims of ownership of the Scottish island of Rockall, after a request from Denmark, which has sovereignty over the neighbouring Faroes[1][2]
- 1 January - a soldier serving with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is killed in an explosion near to the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province, in Afghanistan[3]
- 1 January - approximately 140 people take part in the annual Loony Dook in the Firth of Forth, at South Queensferry[4]
- 2 January - at the Old Firm game, Rangers and Celtic, represented by John Greig and Billy McNeill respectively, pay their respects to the 66 victims of the Ibrox Disaster in 1971[5]
- 2 January - the Montenegrin Embassy in London writes to Labour leader Iain Gray, correcting factual innacuracies and asking him to explain comments he made during First Minister's Questions in December 2010, about the country being involved in war crimes", "ethnic cleansing and "a United Nations peace-keeping mission"[6][7]
- 2 January - the publishers of the Sunday Herald newspaper announce that it is to be relaunched as a weekly news magazine[8]
- 3 January - Gary Anderson is the Runner Up at the World Darts Championship[9]
- 5 January - the Rosyth - Zeebrugge ferry service, the country's only direct ro-ro ferry route to mainland Europe, re-opens as a freight-only service[10]
- 5 January - a rare bittern (Botaurus stellaris), which last bred in the country c.1830, is sighted at RSPB Scotland's Insh Marshes nature reserve in Strathspey[11]
- 18 January - the installation of replicas of the 37 Stirling Heads is completed at the King's Inner Hall at Stirling Castle
- 23 January - An earthquake measuring 3.5 magnitude is recorded at Glenuig, 25 miles (40 km) west of Fort William.[12]
- 25 January - Andy Gray is sacked from Sky Sports[13]
- 26 January - Tommy Sheridan is sentenced to 3 years in prison for lying on oath during the Sheridan v News International case in 2006[14]
- 27 January - the Scotland Bill received an unopposed second reading in the House of Commons, with the Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore describing the legislation as the largest transfer of fiscal powers from central Government since the creation of the United Kingdom.[15]
- 27 January - a Tornado GR4 jet from RAF Lossiemouth ditched in Loch Ewe, with the 2 crew ejecting shortly before the crash[16]
- 29 January - a climber survives after falling 1000 feet from Sgurr Choinnich Mor, part of the Grey Corries range in Lochaber[17]
March April May June July August - 10 August – Police from Scotland are being sent to England to help combat riots and disorder.[28]
- 31 August – Critics of the proposed 400M Aberdeen bypass, who have already delayed the project since it won approval in December 2009, decide to press ahead with a fresh legal challenge after a recent appeal at the Court of Session was rejected.[29]
September - 7 September – Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond unveils a legislative programme for the coming year which includes plans to create a single police force and a single fire service for Scotland.[30]
- 21 September – Finance Secretary John Swinney announces his spending plans for the next three years in the context of cuts of more than 3bn in funding from the UK government.[31]
October November December Predicted and scheduled events Deaths - 4 January - Gerry Rafferty (born 1947), singer-songwriter[49]
- 11 January - Kenneth Stevenson (born 1949), Bishop of Portsmouth
- 22 January - Chandos Blair (born 1919) General Officer Commanding Scotland (1972 76)
- 24 January - Alec Boden (born 1925) , footballer
- 24 January - Phil Gallie (born 1939), Conservative & Unionist MP and MSP[50]
- 30 January - Ian R. Porteous (born 1930), mathematician
- 1 February - Len Fyfe (born 1941), Labour peer
- 1 February - Tom Jarvie (born 1916), footballer, veterinary surgeon and television personality
- 1 February - Derek Rawcliffe (born 1921), Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway (1981 1991)
- 10 February - Lynne Walker (born 1956) , music and theatre critic
- 12 February - James Elliott (born 1928), theatre and television actor
- 14 February - Catherine Masters (born 1899) , supercentenarian
- 21 February - Anne Mathams (born 1913), educationist and disability rights activist
- 22 February - Brian Bonsor (born 1926), composer and music teacher
- 10 March - Danny Paton (born 1936), footballer, who played for Heart Of Midlothian and Oxford United
- 11 March - David Brown (born 1941), international cricketer
- 13 March - Roy Flatt (born 1947), Dean of Argyll and the Isles (1999 2005)
- 31 March - Ishbel MacAskill (born 1941), singer
- 6 April - Jim Blair (born 1947), footballer
- 10 April - Jimmy Briggs (born 1937), footballer
- 11 April - Doug Newlands (born 1931), footballer
- 12 April - Ronnie Coyle (born 1964), footballer
- 20 April - Allan Brown (born 1926), football player and manager
- 28 April - Willie O'Neill (born 1940), footballer
- 30 April - Eddie Turnbull (born 1923), football player and manager
- 5 May - Tommy Wright (born 1928), footballer
- 7 May - Dougie McCracken (born 1964), footballer
- 9 May - David Cairns (born 1966), Labour MP
- 12 May - Noreen Murray (born 1935), professor of molecular genetics at the University of Edinburgh
- 14 May - Ernie Walker (born 1928), Scottish Football Association administrator
- 21 May - Gordon McLennan (born 1924), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (1975 1990)
- 27 May - Janet Brown (born 1923), actress, comedienne and impressionist
- 26 June - Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
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