1973 in Luxembourg
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The following lists events that happened during 1973 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January – March
[edit]- 9 January - The European Court of Justice building is opened in Kirchberg, Luxembourg City.
April – June
[edit]- 4 April – Pierre Werner extends the operating concession to Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion, now RTL Group, until 31 December 1995.[2]
- 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.[3]
July – September
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October – December
[edit]- 9 October – General strike held across Luxembourg.
- October – Cargolux purchases its first jet aircraft, a DC-8 Series 61.
Births
[edit]- 29 January - Su-Mei Tse, musician, photographer, sculptor
- 3 March – Xavier Bettel, politician
- 14 November – Marc Meyers, musician
Deaths
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ East, Roger; Thomas, Richard J. (3 June 2014). Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Routledge. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-317-63939-8.
- ^ Thewes (2006), p. 179
- ^ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
References
[edit]- Thewes, Guy (2006). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (in French) (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
