1969 in Luxembourg

Years in Luxembourg:	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972

Contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Footnotes
6 References

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean
Prime Minister	Pierre Werner
Deputy Prime Minister	Henry Cravatte (until 6 February) Eugène Schaus (from 6 February)
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Romain Fandel Pierre Grégoire
President of the Council of State	Félix Welter (until 30 June) Maurice Sevenig (from 1 July)^[1]
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Paul Wilwertz

Events

January – March

6 February – Pierre Werner forms a new government, with Eugène Schaus of the Democratic Party replacing the LSAP's Henry Cravatte as Werner's deputy.^[2]
24 March - Prince Félix resigns from the Council of State.^[1]
29 March – Representing Luxembourg, Romuald Figuier finishes eleventh in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with the song Catherine (song).

April – June

10 April – At football, Luxembourg beats Mexico 2-1, recording Luxembourg's first victory in international football since 1963.

July – September

1 July - Maurice Sevenig is appointed President of the Council of State, replacing Félix Welter, who resigned the position the previous day.^[1]
8 July – A law introducing value added tax is passed.^[3]

October – December

22 November – A Luxair flight from Frankfurt hits a snowback upon touchdown at Luxembourg-Findel. No-one is killed, but the plane is written off.
December – Prime Minister Pierre Werner presents the Werner Plan on economic and monetary union in the European Union.^[4]

Births

22 May – Nancy Kemp-Arendt, athlete and politician
29 May - Sandrine Cantoreggi, violinist

Deaths

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c (French) "Membres depuis 1857". Council of State. http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/composition/anciensmembres/membresdepuis1857/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
^ Thewes (2006), p. 172
^ Thewes (2006), p. 181
^ Thewes (2006), p. 176

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.