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400,000 citizens are ruled by a Grand Duke and
speak
Letzebuergesch, a German dialect laced with French and claimed to be
the
language of Charlemagne. The capital is Luxembourg City.
(SFC, 9/1/96, T3)
c600-700 St. Willibrord, an Irish
missionary, spread Christianity in the region.
(SFC, 9/1/96, T3)
1296 Aug 10, John the Blind, King
of Bohemia, Count of Luxembourg, was born.
(MC, 8/10/02)
1346 Nov 26, Charles IV of
Luxembourg was elected Holy Roman Emperor in Germany.
(PC, 1992 ed, p.128)
1429 Jan 23, At the Congress of
Luck Emp. Sigismund of Luxembourg offered to crown Vytautas as King of
Lithuania.
(LHC, 1/23/03)
1582 Oct 15, The Gregorian (or New
World) calendar was adopted in Italy, France, Luxembourg, Spain, and
Portugal; and the preceding ten days were lost to history. This day
followed Oct 4 to bring the calendar into sync. by order of the Council
of Trent. Oct 5-14 were dropped.
(K.I.-365D, p.97)(NG, March 1990, J. Boslough)(HN,
10/15/98)(SFEC, 10/3/99, Par p.27)
1867 Sep 9, Luxembourg gained
independence.
(MC, 9/9/01)
1884 Aug 16, Hugo Gernsback
(d.1967), sci-fi writer, publisher (1960 Hugo), was born in Luxembourg.
(MC, 8/16/02)
1890 Nov 23, Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg separated from the Netherlands.
(AP, 11/23/02)
1914 July 27, Germany informed
Belgium and Luxembourg of its intention to pass its troops through
their countries. German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
reportedly called the 1839 London Treaty, in which all the European
powers had guaranteed Belgian neutrality, "a scrap of paper" not worth
fighting over. Bethmann-Hollweg was trying to persuade Britain not to
declare war based on the treaty. Unsuccessful in his efforts, Britain
and Belgium declared war when German troops entered Belgium on August 4.
(HNQ, 7/24/98)
1914 Aug 2, Germany invaded
Luxembourg.
(HN, 8/2/98)
1920 May 1, Belgian-Luxembourg
toll tunnel opened.
(MC, 5/1/02)
1940 May 10, German forces begin a
blitzkrieg of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, skirting
France's "impenetrable" Maginot Line. Belgium was invaded by Germany
and maintained resistance for 18 days.
(WSJ, 8/1/95, p.A-8)(WSJ, 4/29/96, p.C-1)(HN,
5/10/02)
1944 Sep 11, American troops
entered Luxembourg.
(HN, 9/11/98)
1944 Dec 26, In the World War II
Battle of the Bulge, the embattled U.S. 101st Airborne Division was
relieved by units of the 4th Armored Division. The Battle of the Bulge
was the final major German counter-offensive of the war and thrust deep
into allied territory in N & E Belgium and Luxembourg. US Gen
Patton's tanks repulsed the Germans.
(WUD, 1994, p.195)(SFC, 9/1/96, T3)(AP,
12/26/97)(MC, 12/26/01)
1944-1945 The Battle of the Bulge raged across the
country.
(SFC, 9/1/96, T3)
1948 Mar 18, France, Great Britain
and Benelux signed the Treaty of Brussels.
(MC, 3/18/02)
1949 Perle Mesta, a Washington
socialite, was appointed US ambassador. Her flamboyant ways and gala
parties inspired the Broadway musical “Call Me Madam.”
(SFC, 10/22/96, p.A18)
1959-1974 Pierre Werner (d.2002) served as Prime
Minister. He served again from 1979-1984.
(SFC, 6/25/02, p.A20)
1964 Grand Duke Jean began his
rule.
(SFC, 12/25/99, p.A14)
1973 Ruth Lewis Farkas
(1907-1996), was appointed ambassador to Luxembourg by Pres. Nixon
after she and her husband, founder of Alexander’s department stores,
contributed $300,000 to Nixon’s re-election campaign.
(SFC, 10/22/96, p.A18)
1979-1984 Pierre Werner (d.2002) served a 2nd period
as Prime Minister.
(SFC, 6/25/02, p.A20)
1980s Late, Friendly regulation
and low taxes spurred a banking boom in the Grand duchy.
(WSJ, 6/14/96, p.A10)
1993 Germany passed a 30%
withholding tax on investment income. It caused billions of marks to
flow out of Germany and into Luxembourg.
(WSJ, 6/14/96, p.A10)
1996 Jun 9, The latest
unemployment rate was 3%.
(SFC, 6/9/96, Parade, p.9)
1996 Jun, The nation’s managers
ran some $325 billion in assets.
(WSJ, 6/14/96, p.A10)
1999 Jan 1, Luxembourg along with
10 other European Union nations made the transition to the new Euro
monetary system.
(SFC, 1/1/99, p.A8)
2000 May 31, In Luxembourg Neji
Bejaoui, an unemployed Tunisian immigrant, took 37 children and 3
teachers hostage in Wasserbillig. Police posing as journalists shot and
wounded the hostage-taker after a 30-hour standoff. No one else was
injured.
(SFC, 6/1/00, p.A17)(SFC, 6/2/00, p.A14)(SFC,
6/3/00, p.A14)
2000 Sep, Grand Duke Jean planned
to abdicate in favor of his eldest son Prince Henri.
(SFC, 12/25/99, p.A14)
2002 Jun 24, Pierre Werner (88),
Luxembourg Prime Minister from 1959-1974 and 1979-1984, died. He was
hailed as the “father of the euro” for his 1970 plan for a common
European currency.
(SFC, 6/25/02, p.A20)
2002 Nov 6, In Luxembourg a
twin-engine Fokker-50 plane crashed in fog as it approached Findel
Airport, killing 17 people and seriously injuring five others.
(AP, 11/6/02)(WSJ, 11/7/02, p.A1)
2003 Apr 29, The leaders of
France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg, all critics of the U.S.-led
war on Iraq, agreed to beef up their military cooperation in an effort
to make Europe's defense less reliant on the US.
(AP, 4/29/03)
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