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1984 in Luxembourg

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January – March

  • 8 February - American Vice President George H. W. Bush begins a two-day official visit to Luxembourg.
  • 24 February – Luxembourgish is declared to be the 'national language' of Luxembourg, and one of the three official languages, alongside French and German.
  • April – June

  • 5 May – Luxembourg City hosts the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 after Corinne Hermès's victory the previous year. Representing Luxembourg, Sophie Carle finishes tenth with the song 100% d'amour.
  • 17 June – Legislative and European elections are held. The LSAP increases its representation in the Chamber of Deputies by half.
  • July – September

  • 20 July – Pierre Werner resigns his position as Prime Minister to retire from politics. Jacques Santer forms a new government, with Jacques Poos as his deputy.
  • October – December

  • 18 October - Luxembourger Marcel Mart becomes President of the European Court of Auditors.
  • 24 December - A law is passed creating a new system of automatically indexing wages and benefits to inflation.
  • Births

  • 3 June – Prince Félix of Luxembourg
  • 30 August – Jeff Henckels, archer
  • 3 September – David Fiegen, athlete
  • Deaths

  • 29 June – Victor Bodson, politician
  • 29 August – Camille Ney, politician
  • 4 October - Albert Berchem, politician
  • References

    1984 in Luxembourg Wikipedia