1983 in Luxembourg
The following lists events that happened during 1983 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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Incumbents
Events
January – March
- 10 February – The European Court of Justice rejects Luxembourg's appeal against the European Parliament passing a resolution to review the seat of the Secretariat being in Luxembourg City.
April – June
- 23 April – Representing Luxembourg, Corinne Hermès wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song Si la vie est cadeau. This victory equals France's record tally of five, although this has since been surpassed by the Republic of Ireland.
- 23 June – The Greens are founded.
- 30 June – Laws are passed to restructure the steel industry that enter into force the next day.[2]
July – September
- 1 July – The Luxembourgian Monetary Institute is founded to issue coinage and notes in place of the government.
- 21 September – King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden make an official state visit to Luxembourg.
October – December
- 1 November – Luxembourg signs the Bonn Convention, becoming the joint-first country to do so.
- 16 November – English football fans riot in Luxembourg City, leading to fifty arrests, after a match against Luxembourg.
Births
- 9 May – Gilles Müller, tennis player
- 3 June – Elizabeth May, athlete
Deaths
- 22 September – Antoine Krier, politician
- 25 September - Will Kesseler, painter
- 24 October – René Biver, cyclist
Footnotes
- 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. 99
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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