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1998 in Luxembourg
The following lists events that happened during
1998 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
.
Incumbents
Events
January â March
30 January âÂÂ
Marc Fischbach
and
Johny Lahure
resign from the government, and are replaced by
Luc Frieden
and
Georges Wohlfart
.
April â June
28 April âÂÂ
Grand Duke Jean
declares his eldest son,
Hereditary Grand Duke Henri
, to be his
Lieutenant Representative
.
23 May âÂÂ
CS Grevenmacher
win the
Luxembourg Cup
, beating
FC Avenir Beggen
2âÂÂ0 in the final.
28-29 May âÂÂ
NATO
Foreign Minister
s meet in
Luxembourg City
.
1 June â The
Banque Centrale du Luxembourg
is established.
14 June â The United States'
Lance Armstrong
wins the 1998
Tour de Luxembourg
.
July â September
30 August âÂÂ
SES
launches its eighth satellite,
Astra 2A
.
27 September â The
1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix
is held: not in Luxembourg, but at the
Nürburgring
, in the nearby
German
town of
Nürburg
.
October â December
5 November â The Saint Esprit Tunnel is officially renamed the '
René Konen Tunnel
' after former
Democratic Party
politician
René Konen
.
31 December â The
exchange rate
between the
Luxembourgian franc
and the
ECU
at close of trading is 40.3399. This rate is then fixed as the level at which Luxembourg would join the
Euro
.
Births
Deaths
28 February âÂÂ
Elsy Jacobs
, cyclist
30 September âÂÂ
ÃÂmile Krieps
, politician and resistance leader
References