1975 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 6 February - A law is passed legalising divorce by mutual consent.^[1]
• 22 March – Representing Luxembourg, Geraldine Branigan finishes fifth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song Toi.

April – June

July – September

• 21 July - Annette Schwall-Lacroix is appointed to the Council of State.^[2]
• 16 September - Prime Minister Gaston Thorn is appointed President of the United Nations General Assembly.^[3]

October – December

Unknown

• Gross domestic product falls by 6.1%, mostly due to a collapse in the steel price.

Births

• 3 March – Thorunn Egilsdottir, model and actress
• 1 May – Yves Cruchten, politician
• 17 October – Anne Kremer, tennis player

Deaths

• 5 February - Foni Tissen, artist
• 8 March – Joseph Bech, politician
• 8 May – Pol Albrecht, composer
• 1 October - Eugène Rodenbourg, member of the Council of State^[2]
• 23 November – Ernest Ludovicy, professor

Footnotes

References

• (French) Thewes, Guy (2006) (PDF). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. http://www.gouvernement.lu/publications/gouvernement/gouvernements_depuis_1848/Les_gouv_2006.pdf. Retrieved 12 December 2009.