1954 in Luxembourg
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The following lists events that happened during 1954 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- The 1954 World Fencing Championships are held in Luxembourg City.
January – March
[edit]- 1 January – D'Lëtzebuerger Land is launched as an independent weekly newspaper.
April – June
[edit]- 20 May – Elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies. The Christian Social People's Party gains 5 seats, while the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and Democratic Party lose two each.
- 29 June The Bech-Bodson Ministry is expanded, with Pierre Werner, Émile Colling, and Paul Wilwertz appointed to the government.[2]
Births
[edit]- 2 February – Jean Colombera, politician
- 17 February – Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria
- 7 March – Lydie Lorang, judge and member of the Council of State[3]
- 2 August – Walter Civitareale, composer
- 26 October – Raymond Petit, artist
- 17 November – Max Kohn, artist
- 9 December – Jean-Claude Juncker, politician and Prime Minister
- Marc Jaeger, judge
Deaths
[edit]- 3 March – Léon Metzler, jurist and politician
- 15 May – Norbert Jacques, screenwriter
- 31 July – Antoinette, Crown Princess of Bavaria
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Thewes (2006), p. 140
- ^ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
References
[edit]- 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.
