1948 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 9 January – The Luxembourg Airlines Company is founded.
• 29 January – The first conference of Benelux foreign ministers is held, in Luxembourg City.^[1]
• 2 February – Luxembourg Airlines Company makes its first flight, from Luxembourg – Findel to Paris – Le Bourget.
• 17 March – Luxembourg signs the Treaty of Brussels.^[2]

April – June

• 3 April – The Obermosel-Zeitung and l'Unio'n cease publication and are merged into the new Lëtzebuerger Journal.
• 5 April – The Lëtzebuerger Journal begins publication.
• 6 June – Partial elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies, resulting in gains for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party at the expense of the Christian Social People's Party

July – September

• 14 July – In the aftermath of the previous month's election, the government is reshuffled, with Nicolas Margue and Lambert Schaus replaced by Pierre Frieden and Aloyse Hentgen.
• 26 July – At the 1948 Summer Olympics, the Luxembourg national football team records its largest-ever victory, beating Afghanistan 6-0.
• 29 July – The 1948 Summer Olympics proper begin, with 45 competitors from Luxembourg. None wins a medal.
• 4 August – Émile Raus, Lambert Schaus, and André Origer are appointed to the Council of State, replacing Michel Rasquin and Pierre Frieden.^[3]

Births

• 30 January – Aly Jaerling, politician
• 23 February – Raymond Weydert, politician
• 7 May – Marc Agosta, athlete
• 19 November – Robert Biever, member of the Council of State^[3]

Deaths

• 24 September – Auguste Thorn, politician
• 8 November – Jean-Pierre Muller, cyclist

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.