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Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 8 February - American Vice President George H. W. Bush begins a two-day official visit to Luxembourg.
• 24 February – Luxembourgish is declared to be the 'national language' of Luxembourg, and one of the three official languages, alongside French and German.^[1]

April – June

• 5 May – Luxembourg City hosts the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 after Corinne Hermès's victory the previous year. Representing Luxembourg, Sophie Carle finishes tenth with the song 100% d'amour.
• 17 June – Legislative and European elections are held. The LSAP increases its representation in the Chamber of Deputies by half.^[2]

July – September

• 20 July – Pierre Werner resigns his position as Prime Minister to retire from politics. Jacques Santer forms a new government, with Jacques Poos as his deputy.^[2]

October – December

• 18 October - Luxembourger Marcel Mart becomes President of the European Court of Auditors.
• 24 December - A law is passed creating a new system of automatically indexing wages and benefits to inflation.^[3]

Births

• 3 June – Prince Félix of Luxembourg
• 30 August – Jeff Henckels, archer
• 3 September – David Fiegen, athlete

Deaths

• 29 June – Victor Bodson, politician
• 29 August – Camille Ney, politician
• 4 October - Albert Berchem, politician

Footnotes

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.