1984 in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1984 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

January – March[]

• 8 February - American Vice President George H. W. Bush begins a two-day official visit to Luxembourg.
• 24 February – Luxembourgish is declared to be the 'national language' of Luxembourg, and one of the three official languages, alongside French and German.^[1]

April – June[]

• 5 May – Luxembourg City hosts the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 after Corinne Hermès's victory the previous year. Representing Luxembourg, Sophie Carle finishes tenth with the song 100% d'amour.
• 17 June – Legislative and European elections are held. The LSAP increases its representation in the Chamber of Deputies by half.^[2]

July – September[]

• 20 July – Pierre Werner resigns his position as Prime Minister to retire from politics. Jacques Santer forms a new government, with Jacques Poos as his deputy.^[2]

October – December[]

• 18 October - Luxembourger Marcel Mart becomes President of the European Court of Auditors.
• 24 December - A law is passed creating a new system of automatically indexing wages and benefits to inflation.^[3]

Births[]

• 3 June – Prince Félix of Luxembourg
• 30 August – Jeff Henckels, archer
• 3 September – David Fiegen, athlete

Deaths[]

• 29 June – Victor Bodson, politician
• 29 August – Camille Ney, politician
• 4 October - , politician

Footnotes[]

References[]

• 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.