The following lists events that happened during 1977 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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Incumbents
editEvents
editJanuary – March
edit- 18 January – Lucien Kraus is appointed to the Council of State.[2]
April – June
edit- 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.[3]
July – September
edit- 29 July – Cornel Meder is appointed to the Council of State.[2]
- 2 August – A law creating the Société nationale de Crédit et d'Investissement is passed.[4]
- 16 September – Marcel Mart leaves the government to join the European Court of Auditors, and is replaced by Josy Barthel.[5]
October – December
editUnknown
edit- 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.[6]
- Jeunesse Esch wins the 1976-77 National Division title.
Births
edit- 20 August – Stéphane Gillet, footballer
- 5 November – Christian Poos, cyclist
- 25 November - Max Jacoby, filmmaker
Deaths
editFootnotes
edit- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ↑ Thewes (2011), p. 188
- ↑ Thewes (2011), p. 190
- ↑ Thewes (2011), p. 182
- ↑ Thewes (2011), p. 201
References
edit- Thewes, Guy (2011). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (in French) (2011 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. Retrieved 1 May 2026.