1978 in Luxembourg explained

The following lists events that happened during 1978 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean^[1]
Prime Minister	Gaston Thorn
Deputy Prime Minister	Bernard Berg
President of the Chamber of Deputies	René Van Den Bulcke
President of the Council of State	Ferdinand Wirtgen (until 1 October) Roger Maul (from 1 October)
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Colette Flesch

Events

January – March

• 1 January – The communes of Asselborn, Boevange, Hachiville, and Oberwampach are merged to form the new commune of Wincrange.

April – June

• 12 April – Louis Pilot is appointed the Luxembourg national football team's new coach.
• 22 April – Representing Luxembourg, Baccara finishes seventh in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song Parlez-vous français?.
• 11 June – Belgium's Ludo Peeters wins the 1978 Tour de Luxembourg.

October – December

• 1 October – Roger Maul is appointed President of the Council of State to replace Ferdinand Wirtgen.^[2]
• 15 November – Abortion is legalised.^[3]
• 5 December – Divorce by determined cause is permitted.^[4]
• 23 December – Charles Reiffers is appointed to the Council of State.

Unknown

• General Motors shuts down operations at its factory in Bascharage.^[5]
• FC Progrès Niedercorn wins the 1977-78 National Division title.

Births

• 8 May - Patrick Galbats, photographer
• 3 July – Kim Kirchen, cyclist
• 9 September – Alvin Jones, basketball player
• 29 October – Alwin de Prins, swimmer

Deaths

• 12 March – Léon Lommel, clergyman
• 15 March – Arthur Useldinger, politician
• 29 March – Eugène Schaus, politician
• 3 November - Edouard Kutter, photographer

References

• Book: Thewes, Guy . Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 . 12 December 2009 . 2006 . 2006 . Service Information et Presse . Luxembourg City . 978-2-87999-156-6 . fr.

Notes and References

1. Book: East . Roger . Thomas . Richard J. . Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders . 3 June 2014 . Routledge . 978-1-317-63939-8 . 359 . en.
2. Web site: Membres depuis 1857 . 2009-04-05 . Council of State . fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091103102814/http://www.conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/composition/anciensmembres/membresdepuis1857/index.html . 2009-11-03 .
3. Thewes (2006), p. 188
4. Thewes (2006), p. 190
5. Thewes (2006), p. 187