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Years in Luxembourg:	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years:	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

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

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean
Prime Minister	Pierre Werner
Deputy Prime Minister	Eugène Schaus
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Pierre Grégoire
President of the Council of State	Maurice Sevenig
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Colette Flesch

Events

January – March

9 January - The European Court of Justice building is opened in Kirchberg, Luxembourg City.

April – June

4 April – Pierre Werner extends the operating concession to Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion, now RTL Group, until 31 December 1995.^[1]
7 April – Luxembourg City hosts the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 after Vicky Leandros' victory the previous year. Representing Luxembourg, Anne-Marie David successfully defends Luxembourg's title, winning with the song Tu te reconnaîtras.
20 June – Ernest Arendt is appointed to the Council of State.^[2]

July – September

October – December

9 October – General strike held across Luxembourg.
October – Cargolux purchases its first jet aircraft, a DC-8 Series 61.

Births

3 March – Xavier Bettel, politician
14 November – Marc Meyers, musician

Deaths

14 February – Émile Reuter, politician
25 March – Edward Steichen, photographer
30 March – William J. Kroll, metallurgist
1 May – Jules Mersch, writer
17 November – Lou Koster, composer

Footnotes

^ Thewes (2006), p. 179
^ (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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