The following lists events that happened during 1958 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Incumbents Events January – March 20 January – Michel Rasquin resigns from the government to become Luxembourg's member of the inaugural European Commission, with responsibility for Transport. 1 February – Joseph Frieden replaces Joseph Bech as Prime Minister. He forms a new government, renewing the Christian Social People's Party's coalition with the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party. 3 February – Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands sign a treaty creating the Benelux Economic Union. 16 March – Representing Luxembourg, Solange Berry finishes ninth (and joint-last) in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 with the song Un grand amour. April – June 27 April – Luxembourg's European Commissioner, Michel Rasquin, dies. 18 June – Lambert Schaus is appointed to the European Commission, with responsibility for Transport, replacing Michel Rasquin, who died in April. July – September 10 July – Luxembourg signs a convention with the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate on the construction of the Vianden Pumped Storage Plant. 19 July – Charly Gaul wins the 1958 Tour de France. 12 August – Louis Hencks is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Albert Wagner, who resigned in July. October – December 31 December – Alfred Loesch resigns from the Council of State. Births 17 May – Pol Schmoetten, playwright 2 June – Camille Gira, politician 22 August – Sylvie Andrich-Duval, politician 28 September – François Biltgen, politician 3 October – Alex Bodry, politician Deaths 27 April – Michel Rasquin, politician and European Commissioner 27 December - Batty Fischer, amateur photographer Footnotes References