1963 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 23 March – Representing Luxembourg, Nana Mouskouri finishes eighth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song À force de prier.

April – June

• 29 April – Grand Duchess Charlotte pays a state visit to the United States until 4 May.^[1]

July – September

• 9 October – Jeunesse Esch beat FC Haka 4-0 to become the only Luxembourgian side to progress to the last sixteen of the European Cup.
• 30 October – The national football team shocks the Netherlands by winning 2-1 in the second qualifying round for the 1964 European Nations' Cup, progressing 3-2 on aggregate.

October – December

• 4 November – President Lyndon B. Johnson visits Luxembourg.
• 18 December – Luxembourg is knocked out at the final stage of qualifying for the 1964 European Nations' Cup, losing a play-off against Denmark 1-0, having drawn 5-5 with the Danes on aggregate.

Births

• 12 March – Marc Angel, politician
• 10 April – Marc Spautz, trade unionist and politician
• 1 May – Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg
• 1 May – Vera Spautz, politician
• 4 July – Ni Xia Lian, table tennis player
• 18 July – Marc Girardelli, skier
• 16 September – Luc Frieden, politician

Deaths

• 29 March - Michel Stoffel, painter
• 26 August – Pierre Clemens, cyclist

Footnotes

References

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