1980 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 22 February – Minister Jean Wolter dies, and is replaced by Jean Spautz.^[1]

April – June

• 19 April – Representing Luxembourg, Sophie & Magaly finish ninth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song Papa Pingouin.
• 1 May – In football, Luxembourg beats Thailand 1-0: Luxembourg's first international victory since 1973.
• 9 May – The Luxembourgian national football team beats South Korea 3-2. This was Luxembourg's last international victory until 1995.
• 8 June – The Netherlands' Bert Oosterbosch wins the 1980 Tour de Luxembourg.

July – September

• 1 July – Footballer Robby Langers transfers from Union Luxembourg to German club Borussia Mönchengladbach.

October – December

• 21 November – Gaston Thorn is named as President of the European Commission.^[2]
• 22 November – Gaston Thorn steps down as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg and is succeeded by Colette Flesch. Camille Polfer replaces Flesch as Mayor of Luxembourg City.^[1]

Births

• 15 April – Fränk Schleck, cyclist

Deaths

• 19 February – Philippe Schneider, film director
• 22 February – Jean Wolter, politician
• 27 June – Marcel Fischbach, politician
• 12 July – Arsène Mersch, cyclist
• 23 October – Auguste Trémont, artist

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.