1963 in Luxembourg

← 1962 1961 1960 1963 in Luxembourg → 1964 1965 1966
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1963 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 23 March – Representing Luxembourg, Nana Mouskouri finishes eighth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song À force de prier.

April – June

• 29 April – Grand Duchess Charlotte pays a state visit to the United States until 4 May.^[2]

July – September

• 9 October – Jeunesse Esch beat FC Haka 4–0 to become the only Luxembourgian side to progress to the last sixteen of the European Cup.
• 30 October – The national football team shocks the  Netherlands by winning 2–1 in the second qualifying round for the 1964 European Nations' Cup, progressing 3–2 on aggregate.

October – December

• 4 November – Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visits Luxembourg.
• 18 December – Luxembourg is knocked out at the final stage of qualifying for the 1964 European Nations' Cup, losing a play-off against Denmark 1–0, having drawn 5–5 with the Danes on aggregate.

Births

• 12 March – Marc Angel, politician
• 10 April – Marc Spautz, trade unionist and politician
• 1 May – Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg
• 4 July – Ni Xia Lian, table tennis player
• 18 July – Marc Girardelli, skier
• 16 September – Luc Frieden, politician

Deaths

• 29 March - Michel Stoffel, painter
• 26 August – Pierre Clemens, cyclist

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.

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