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(Top) 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 January – March 2.2 April – June 2.3 July – September 2.4 October – December 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Footnotes 6 References

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Incumbents[edit]

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Charlotte^[1]
Prime Minister	Joseph Bech
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Émile Reuter
President of the Council of State	Félix Welter
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Émile Hamilius

Events[edit]

January – March[edit]

April – June[edit]

9 May – Princess Elisabeth marries Franz, Duke of Hohenberg.^[2]
24 May – Representing Luxembourg, Michèle Arnaud appears in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 with the song Ne crois pas. No rankings are stated except the winner: Lys AssiaofSwitzerland.
10 June – Charly Gaul wins the 1956 Giro d'Italia.

July – September[edit]

27 July - The Constitution of Luxembourg is amended to make the terms of all members of the Chamber of Deputies expire on the first Sunday of June 1959. As a result, all members would be elected at the same time, rather than in partial elections.

October – December[edit]

29 September - Entry into service of the electrified railway lines between Luxembourg City and Thionville, and Luxembourg City and Arlon.^[3]
25 October - The Constitution of Luxembourg is amended in two places to allow for the delegation of constitutional powers to international organisations, in preparation for the creation of the European Economic Community.
27 October - The Saar Treaty is signed in Luxembourg, allowing for the transfer of the SaarlandtoWest Germany.

Births[edit]

22 March – Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
11 May - Claude Lenners, composer
13 August – Gast Waltzing, musician
5 September – Marianne Majerus, photographer
13 September – Lucien Lux, politician
16 October – François Bausch, politician
17 November – Gaston Reinig, soldier and Chief of Defence

Deaths[edit]

13 March – Albert Simon, illustrator
21 October – Joseph Laurent Philippe, bishop

Footnotes[edit]

^ "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

^ Steinberg, S. (26 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1964-65: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. Springer. p. 1223. ISBN 978-0-230-27093-0.

^ Thewes (2006), p. 147

References[edit]

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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