Events from the year 1996 in Scotland. Incumbents Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Michael Forsyth Law officers Lord Advocate – Lord Mackay of Drumadoon Solicitor General for Scotland – Paul Cullen Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Hope until 1 October; then Lord Rodger of Earlsferry Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ross Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Philip, then Lord McGhie Events 13 March – Dunblane school massacre – a gunman kills sixteen children, their teacher and himself at a primary school in Dunblane, Stirling. The killer, who wounded thirteen other children and another teacher, is quickly identified as 43-year-old former scout leader Thomas Watt Hamilton. 1 April – The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 takes effect with 32 unitary councils replacing the 9 Regional Councils, 53 District Councils and 3 unitary authorities that had been established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. 18 May – Rangers F.C., who have already won the Scottish Football League title, complete the Scottish double by beating Hearts 5–1 in the Scottish Cup final. 5 July – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at The Roslin Institute in Midlothian. October – The Shetland Times and The Shetland News become involved in a landmark legal case over alleged copyright infringement and deep linking in their websites. 9 November – Irvine, North Ayrshire, is designated a New Town, the last of the five created in Scotland. 30 November (St. Andrew's Day) – The Stone of Scone is installed in Edinburgh Castle 700 years after it was removed from Scotland by King Edward I of England. Edinburgh Old Town and New Town become the first World Heritage Site in mainland Scotland. First of the Maggie's Centres for drop-in cancer care in the UK opens in Edinburgh. Births 13 January – Craig Storie, footballer 8 February – Jaison McGrath, footballer 1 March – Lizzie Arnot, footballer 15 March – Seonaid McIntosh, sport shooter 19 March – Kaiya Jones, actress 9 May – Grace Reid, diver 3 August – Robert MacIntyre, golfer 10 August – Lauren Tait, netball player Deaths 23 January – Norman MacCaig, poet (born 1910) 6 March – Stanley Booth-Clibborn, retired bishop of Manchester (born 1924 in London) 19 March – W. H. Murray, mountaineer