1979 in Luxembourg

yearbox
in? = in Luxembourg
cp = 19th Century
c = 20th century
cf = 21st century
yp1 = 1976
yp2 = 1977
yp3 = 1978
year = 1979
ya1 = 1980
ya2 = 1981
ya3 = 1982
dp3 = 1940s
dp2 = 1950s
dp1 = 1960s
d = 1970s
dn1 = 1980s
dn2 = 1990s
dn3 = 2000s

Incumbents

Events

January - March

* 1 January – The communes of Arsdorf, Bigonville, Folschette, and Perlé are merged together to form the new commune of Rambrouch.
* 1 January – The communes of Harlange and Mecher are merged together to form the new commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre.
* 1 January – The commune of Rodenbourg is merged into the commune of Junglinster.
* 30 January – Cargolux receives delivery of its first Boeing 747-200, becoming the first European cargo-only airline to operate a Jumbo Jet.
* 31 March – Representing Luxembourg, Jeane Manson finishes thirteenth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "J'ai Déjà Vu Ça Dans Tes Yeux".

April - June

* 9 May - Monsanto closes its production facility at Echternach after 13 years of operation. [cite web |url=http://www.industrie.lu/monsanto.html |title=Monsanto |accessdate=2008-03-26 |last= |first= |date=20 July 2004 |publisher=industrie.lu ]
* 10 June – Legislative and European elections are held. In the Chamber of Deputies, the CSV win another six seats, with all three left wing parties losing three deputies each.

July - September

October - December

Births

* 2 July – Claudine Muno, journalist and musician
* 27 September – Jérôme Jaminet, linguist and writer

Deaths

* 29 January – René Deltgen, actor
* 11 April - Marguerite Thomas-Clement, politician
* 21 August – Frantz Kinnen, artist
* 28 December – Paul Wilwertz, politician

Footnotes