Events from the year 1998 in Scotland.
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- 7 March â Outer Hebrides community radio station Isles FM is launched, broadcasting from studios in Stornoway.
- 31 March â The last Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouse is converted to automatic operation without resident keepers, Fair Isle South.
- 25 May â Torness Nuclear Power Station commissioned near the town of Dunbar, East Lothian.
- 31 May â The Sky Scottish satellite television channel closes after eighteen months on air.
- 10 June â 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 â Scotland draw 1âÂÂ1 against Norway in their second game of the World Cup.
- 23 June â Scotland lose 3âÂÂ0 to Morocco in their final group stage match of the world Cup, failing to qualify for the next round.
- August â Edinburgh Modular Arm System, the world's first bionic arm, is fitted.
- 24 August â 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 â Fife radio station Kingdom FM is launched, broadcasting from studios in Markinch.
- November â Scottish Socialist Party established.
- 19 November â The Scotland Act, the legislation to set up a devolved unicameral Scottish Parliament, receives its royal assent.
- 30 November â new Museum of Scotland opened in Edinburgh.
- 26 December â great Boxing Day Storm: severe gale force winds hit Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England. Roads, railways and electricity are disrupted.
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