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Events relating to scotland
Scottish author Irvine Welsh publishes his first novel, Trainspotting
The Stone of Scone is returned from Westminster to Scotland, exactly seven centuries after its removal by Edward I
In referenda held by the new Labour government, Scotland votes conclusively for devolution but Wales is lukewarm
The Scottish parliament and the Welsh assembly hold their first elections, both narrowly won by Labour
A Scottish parliament resumes business in Edinburgh after an interval of 292 years
The Scottish Court in the Netherlands convicts a Libyan, Al-Megrahi, of responsibility for the Pan-Am Lockerbie bomb
The Scottish National Party lays a charge that peerages are being 'sold' in Britain, provoking a police enquiry and a 'cash for honours' crisis
The Scottish National Party wins Scotland's election, becoming for the first time the party with the widest support in Scotland
Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party, wins the election takes over as first minister of Scotland
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, convicted in 2001 for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, is released as being terminally ill and returns from Scotland to Libya
244 years after its launch in 1768 in Scotland the Encyclopedia Britannica publishes its final printed edition
