Events from the year 1998 in Scotland. Incumbents Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Donald Dewar Law officers Lord Advocate – Lord Hardie Solicitor General for Scotland – Colin Boyd Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Rodger of Earlsferry Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Cullen Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord McGhie Events 7 March – Outer Hebrides community radio station Isles FM is launched, broadcasting from studios in Stornoway. 31 March – The last Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouse is converted to automatic operation without resident keepers, Fair Isle South. 25 May – Torness Nuclear Power Station commissioned near the town of Dunbar, East Lothian. 31 May – The Sky Scottish satellite television channel closes after eighteen months on air. 10 June – Scotland open the 1998 World Cup, playing champions Brazil in France, though they lose 2-1 after a deflected goal in the seventy-sixth minute. 16 June – Scotland draw 1–1 against Norway in their second game of the World Cup. 23 June – Scotland lose 3–0 to Morocco in their final group stage match of the world Cup, failing to qualify for the next round. August – Edinburgh Modular Arm System, the world's first bionic arm, is fitted. 24 August – The Netherlands is selected as the venue for the trial of the two Libyans who are charged with the Lockerbie aircraft bombing that killed 270 people in December 1988. 5 October – Fife radio station Kingdom FM is launched, broadcasting from studios in Markinch. November – Scottish Socialist Party established. 19 November – The Scotland Act, the legislation to set up a devolved unicameral Scottish Parliament, receives its royal assent. 30 November – new Museum of Scotland opened in Edinburgh. 26 December – great Boxing Day Storm: severe gale force winds hit Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England. Roads, railways and electricity are disrupted. Births 1 March – Mili Smith, curler 23 May – Ross Cunningham, footballer 19 July – Erin Cuthbert, footballer 20 October – Jordan Allan, footballer Deaths 10 March – Ian Dunn, gay and paedophile rights activist, founder of the Scottish Minorities Group (born 1943) 7 April – James McIntosh Patrick, landscape painter (born 1907) 15 October – Iain Crichton Smith, poet (born 1928) 21 October – Sir Alec Cairncross, economist (born 1911) November – Robin Hall, folk