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Years in Luxembourg: 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Centuries: 19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years: 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

Contents

Incumbents

Position Incumbent
Grand Duke Jean
Prime Minister Gaston Thorn
Deputy Prime Minister Raymond Vouel (until 21 July)
Bernard Berg (from 21 July)
President of the Chamber of Deputies René Van Den Bulcke
President of the Council of State Emile Raus (until 25 June)
Albert Goldmann (26 June – 4 December)
Ferdinand Wirtgen (from 20 December)
Mayor of Luxembourg City Colette Flesch

Events

January – March

  • 11 March - A law establishing state aid for newspapers is signed into law.[1]

April – June

  • 3 April – Representing Luxembourg, Juergen Marcus finishes fourteenth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song Chansons Pour Ceux Qui S'aiment.

July – September

October – December

  • 15 December - Georges Thorn is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Norbert Droessaert, who resigned in November.[3]
  • 18 December – 10,000 public sector workers go on strike.

Births

  • 4 January – Benoît Joachim, cyclist
  • 29 March – Marc Vanacker, cyclist

Deaths

Footnotes

  1. ^ Thewes (2006), p. 190
  2. ^ Thewes (2006), p. 182
  3. ^ a b c (French) "Membres depuis 1857". Council of State. http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/composition/anciensmembres/membresdepuis1857/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-05.  

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