1996 in Luxembourg explained

The following lists events that happened during 1996 in Luxembourg.

Incumbents

• Grand Duke – Jean^[1]
• Prime Minister – Jean-Claude Juncker
• Deputy Prime Minister – Jacques Poos
• President of the Chamber of Deputies – Jean Spautz
• President of the Council of State – Paul Beghin
• Mayor of Luxembourg City – Lydie Polfer

Events

April

• 8 April – SES launches its sixth satellite, Astra 1F.

May

• 25 May – Union Luxembourg win the Luxembourg Cup, beating Jeunesse Esch 3–1 in the final.

June

• 9 June – Italy's Alberto Elli wins the 1996 Tour de Luxembourg.
• June – National Museum of Natural History moves to its new premises in Grund, in Luxembourg City.

August

• August – The section of the A7 motorway between Erpeldange and Friedhaff opens.^[2]

September

• 23 September - The section of the A1 motorway between Irrgarten and Kirchberg opens, completing the motorway and also the south-eastern bypass of Luxembourg City.

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: Evolution du réseau autoroutier . 29 December 2008 . Administration des Ponts et Chaussées . 24 January 2008 . fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090303095145/http://www.pch.public.lu/reseau_routier/autoroutes/evolution/index.html . 3 March 2009 .