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1980 in Luxembourg
The following lists events that happened during
1980 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
.
Incumbents
Events
January â March
22 February â Minister
Jean Wolter
dies, and is replaced by
Jean Spautz
.
April â June
19 April â Representing Luxembourg,
Sophie & Magaly
finish ninth in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
with the song
Papa Pingouin
.
1 May â In football,
Luxembourg
beats
Thailand
1-0: Luxembourg's first international victory since 1973.
9 May â The Luxembourgian national football team beats
South Korea
3âÂÂ2. This was Luxembourg's last international victory until 1995.
8 June â The Netherlands'
Bert Oosterbosch
wins the 1980
Tour de Luxembourg
.
July â September
1 July â Footballer
Robby Langers
transfers from
Union Luxembourg
to
German
club
Borussia Mönchengladbach
.
October â December
21 November âÂÂ
Gaston Thorn
is named as
President of the European Commission
.
22 November â Gaston Thorn steps down as
Deputy Prime Minister
and
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg
and is succeeded by
Colette Flesch
.
Camille Polfer
replaces Flesch as
Mayor of Luxembourg City
.
Births
15 April âÂÂ
Fränk Schleck
, cyclist
Deaths
22 February âÂÂ
Jean Wolter
, politician
27 June âÂÂ
Marcel Fischbach
, politician
12 July âÂÂ
Arsène Mersch
, cyclist
23 October âÂÂ
Auguste Trémont
, artist
Footnotes
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