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Years in Luxembourg:	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Footnotes
6 References

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Charlotte
Prime Minister	Pierre Werner
Deputy Prime Minister	Eugène Schaus
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Joseph Bech
President of the Council of State	Félix Welter
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Émile Hamilius

Events

January – March

18 March – Representing Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Pascal wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 with the song Nous les amoureux.

April – June

5 May - Prince Félix is appointed to the Council of State.^[1]
30 May - Joseph Wolter is appointed to the Council of State^[1]
14 June - Joseph Kauffman is appointed to the Council of State^[1]

July – September

10 July - Félix Worré is appointed to the Council of State^[1]
17 July - Alex Bonn is appointed to the Council of State.^[1]
7 August - Paul Weber is appointed to the Council of State.^[1]
28 August - Victor Bodson is appointed to the Council of State.^[1]

October – December

8 October – At football, Luxembourg beats Portugal 4-2, recording Luxembourg's first victory in international football since 1951.

Births

24 March – Marc Schaeffer, member of the Council of State^[1]
7 May – Henri Kox, politician
10 May – Luc Bonblet, politician
17 August – Lydia Mutsch, politician

Deaths

12 July – Aloïse Klensch, cyclist

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h (French) "Membres depuis 1857". Council of State. http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/composition/anciensmembres/membresdepuis1857/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

References

(French) Thewes, Guy (2006) (PDF). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. http://www.gouvernement.lu/publications/gouvernement/gouvernements_depuis_1848/Les_gouv_2006.pdf. Retrieved 12 December 2009.

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