1973 in Luxembourg

← 1972 1971 1970 1973 in Luxembourg → 1974 1975 1976
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1973 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean [1]
Prime Minister	Pierre Werner
Deputy Prime Minister	Eugène Schaus
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Pierre Grégoire
President of the Council of State	Maurice Sevenig
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Colette Flesch

Events

January – March

• 9 January - The European Court of Justice building is opened in Kirchberg, Luxembourg City.

April – June

• 4 April – Pierre Werner extends the operating concession to Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion, now RTL Group, until 31 December 1995. ^[2]
• 7 April – Luxembourg City hosts the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 after Vicky Leandros' victory the previous year. Representing Luxembourg, Anne-Marie David successfully defends Luxembourg's title, winning with the song Tu te reconnaîtras.
• 20 June – Ernest Arendt is appointed to the Council of State. ^[3]

October – December

• 9 October – General strike held across Luxembourg.
• October – Cargolux purchases its first jet aircraft, a DC-8 Series 61.

Births

• 29 January - Su-Mei Tse, musician, photographer, sculptor
• 3 March – Xavier Bettel, politician
• 14 November – Marc Meyers, musician

Deaths

• 14 February – Émile Reuter, politician
• 25 March – Edward Steichen, photographer
• 30 March – William J. Kroll, metallurgist
• 1 May – Jules Mersch, writer
• 17 November – Lou Koster, composer

Footnotes

1. 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.
2. Thewes (2006), p. 179
3. "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

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.