1977 in Luxembourg
The following lists events that happened during 1977 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Incumbents
| Position | Incumbent |
|---|---|
| Grand Duke | Jean |
| Prime Minister | Gaston Thorn |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Bernard Berg |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | René Van Den Bulcke |
| President of the Council of State | Ferdinand Wirtgen |
| Mayor of Luxembourg City | Colette Flesch |
Events
January – March
- 18 January – Lucien Kraus is appointed to the Council of State.[1]
April – June
- 3 April – Luxembourg adopts Central European Summer Time regularly for the first time.
- 7 May – Representing Luxembourg, Anne-Marie Besse finishes sixteenth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 with the song Frère Jacques.
- 3 June – The Sidor waste-to-energy incinerator at Leudelange is inaugurated.
- 12 June – The Netherlands' Bert Pronk wins the 1977 Tour de Luxembourg.
- 22 June – The government abandons plan to build a nuclear power plant at Remerschen, due to fears that the country wouldn't have enough police to protect the site from protestors.[2]
July – September
- 29 July – Cornel Meder is appointed to the Council of State.[1]
- 2 August – A law creating the Societé nationale de Crédit et d'Investissement is passed.[3]
- 16 September – Marcel Mart leaves the government to join the European Court of Auditors, and is replaced by Josy Barthel.[4]
Unknown
- At the conference of the International Telecommunication Union, in Geneva, Luxembourg is assigned five frequencies for satellite broadcasting, furthering the government's move towards making Luxembourg a leader in satellite telecommunications.[5]
- Jeunesse Esch wins the 1976-77 National Division title.
Births
- 20 August – Stéphane Gillet, footballer
- 5 November – Christian Poos, cyclist
- 25 November - Max Jacoby, filmmaker
Deaths
- 26 July – Prince Charles of Luxembourg (1927–1977)[1]
- 20 October – Tun Deutsch, actor
- 13 November – Jean-Pierre Erpelding, writer
Footnotes
- "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- Thewes (2006), p. 188
- Thewes (2006), p. 190
- Thewes (2006), p. 182
- Thewes (2006), p. 201
References
- 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.
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