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1953 in Luxembourg

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January – March

26 February - 21 April 1953 - Battle of Chatkol during the Korean War. Luxembourg soldiers fought against 55 consecutive nights of Chinese assaults.

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April – June

  • 9 April – Hereditary Grand Duke Jean marries Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium.
  • 1 May – First iron cast by the European Coal and Steel Community at Belval, Esch-sur-Alzette.
  • 12 May – Albert Goldmann is appointed to the Council of State.
  • 12 May – Léon Schaus is appointed to the Council of State.
  • 24 June – Law passed to build Esch-sur-Sûre Dam, which would create the Upper Sauer Lake.

    • October – December

  • 29 December – Prime Minister Pierre Dupong dies in office. He is replaced by Christian Social People's Party colleague Joseph Bech, who leads the Bech-Bodson Ministry.

    • Births

  • 1 February – Roland Schauls, painter
  • 5 March – Robert Weber, politician and trade unionist
  • 13 March – François Valentiny, architect
  • 31 March - Jean Marc Braun, pioneer oilman
  • 18 April – Marc Theis, photographer
  • 27 April – Simone Beissel, politician
  • 1 July – Nico Helminger, writer
  • 3 July – Carlo Wagner, politician
  • 30 July – Nico Ries, soldier and Chief of Defence
  • 24 September – Carlo Hommel, musician
  • 29 November - Mariette Kemmer, opera singer
  • 10 December – Nicolas Schmit, politician
  • 13 December – André Jung, actor

    • Deaths

  • 30 May – Jean-Pierre Pierrard, politician
  • 14 September – Edouard Luja, biologist
  • 4 October – Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland
  • 22 October – Helen Buchholtz, composer
  • 1 December – Aloyse Hentgen, resistance leader
  • 17 December – Nicolas Petit, architect
  • 29 December – Pierre Dupong, politician and Prime Minister

    • References

    1953 in Luxembourg Wikipedia
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