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1977 in Luxembourg

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January – March

  • 18 January – Lucien Kraus is appointed to the Council of State.
  • 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.
  • July – September

  • 29 July – Cornel Meder is appointed to the Council of State.
  • 2 August – A law creating the Societé nationale de Crédit et d'Investissement is passed.
  • 16 September – Marcel Mart leaves the government to join the European Court of Auditors, and is replaced by Josy Barthel.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 20 October – Tun Deutsch, actor
  • 13 November – Jean-Pierre Erpelding, writer
  • References

    1977 in Luxembourg Wikipedia