1997 in Luxembourg

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The following lists events that happened during 1997 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

January – March[]

April – June[]

• 17 April – The weekly newspaper Le Jeudi is launched by Editpress.
• 17 May – The Compagnie Grand-Ducale d'Électricité du Luxembourg is renamed 'Cegedel'.
• 31 May – Jeunesse Esch win the Luxembourg Cup, beating Union Luxembourg 2–0 in the final.
• 15 June – Belgium's Frank Vandenbroucke wins the 1997 Tour de Luxembourg.

July – September[]

• 1 July – Luxembourg assumes the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the following six months.
• 28 September – The first Luxembourg Grand Prix is held: not in Luxembourg, but at the Nürburgring, in the nearby German town of Nürburg. Jacques Villeneuve wins the race.

October – December[]

• 9 October – Luxair places an order for two Embraer ERJ 145 regional jets following the airline's decision to create an all-jet fleet.
• 2 December – SES launches its seventh satellite, Astra 1G.

Births[]

• 30 July – Jessica Berscheid, footballer^[1]

Deaths[]

• 5 February – , photographer
• 14 March – Nicolas Morn, cyclist
• 29 April – , writer
• 8 July – Joseph Probst, artist
• 5 December – Jim Kirchen, cyclist

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