1981 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 6 January – Gaston Thorn takes up his post as President of the European Commission.
• 2 February – A new newspaper, Haut, is launched.
• 14 February – Hereditary Grand Duke Henri marries Maria Teresa Mestre.

  April – June

• 4 April – Representing Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Pascal finishes eleventh in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song C'est Peut-Etre Pas L'Amerique.
• 23 April – Rights of confidentiality that patients enjoy with doctors are applied to bankers and clients to help promote Luxembourg as a financial centre.
• 14 June – The Soviet Union's Yuri Barinov wins the 1981 Tour de Luxembourg.

  July – September

• 7 July – The European Parliament passes a resolution to 'review' the seat of the Secretariat being in Luxembourg City.
• 31 July – A Belgian fighter jet collides with the 285 m Dudelange Radio Tower, destroying the tower and killing a couple in a nearby house.
• 7 August – Luxembourg files an appeal with the European Court of Justice against the European Parliament's resolution of 7 July.
• 15 September – Christian Calmes is appointed Grand Marshal of Luxembourg.

  October – December

• 10 October – Communal elections are held across Luxembourg.
• 31 December – Camille Polfer steps down as Mayor of Luxembourg City after only two years, due to ill health, and is succeeded by his daughter, Lydie the following day.

  Births

• 1 June – Tessy Scholtes, kareteka
• 16 September - Francesco Tristano Schlimé, pianist
• 11 November – Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg

  Deaths

• 16 September – Émile Colling, politician

  Footnotes