1991 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 1 January - Luxembourg assumes the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the following six months.
• 2 February – Fernand Franck is ordained as the new Archbishop of Luxembourg.
• 2 March – SES launches its second satellite, Astra 1B.
• 25 March – The commune of Berg is renamed 'Colmar-Berg'.

April – June

• 4 May – Representing Luxembourg, Sarah Bray finishes fourteenth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song Un baiser volé.
• 16 June – The Netherlands' Gert-Jan Theunisse wins the 1991 Tour de Luxembourg.
• 28–29 June – Luxembourg hosts its meeting of the European Council, at which the draft Treaty of Maastricht is considered.

July – September

• 27 July – Rights to freedom of expression traditionally associated with print media are explicitly guaranteed with regard to electronic media.^[1]

October – December

• October – RTL broadcasts the first ever daily news programme in Luxembourgish.^[2]
• 1 November – Jean Dupong is appointed President of the Council of State.^[3]

Births

• 16 February – Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg

Deaths

• 18 June – Tony Bourg, writer
• 10 October – Adrien Ries, economist
• 21 December – Jempi Kemmer, composer

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.