The following lists events that happened during 1997 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Incumbents
Events
January – March
April – June
- 17 April – The weekly newspaper Le Jeudi is launched by Editpress.
- 17 May – The Compagnie Grand-Ducale d'Électricité du Luxembourg is renamed 'Cegedel'.
- 31 May – Jeunesse Esch win the Luxembourg Cup, beating Union Luxembourg 2–0 in the final.
- 15 June – Belgium's Frank Vandenbroucke wins the 1997 Tour de Luxembourg.
July – September
- 1 July – Luxembourg assumes the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the following six months.
- 28 September – The first Luxembourg Grand Prix is held: not in Luxembourg, but at the Nürburgring, in the nearby German town of Nürburg. Jacques Villeneuve wins the race.
October – December
- 9 October – Luxair places an order for two Embraer ERJ 145 regional jets following the airline's decision to create an all-jet fleet.
- 2 December – SES launches its seventh satellite, Astra 1G.
Births
- 30 July – Jessica Berscheid, footballer[2]
Deaths
- 14 March – Nicolas Morn, cyclist
- 8 July – Joseph Probst, artist
- 5 December – Jim Kirchen, cyclist
References
- ^ East, Roger; Thomas, Richard J. (3 June 2014). Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Routledge. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-317-63939-8.
- ^ "Women's World Cup - Jessica Berscheid". UEFA.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
