1978 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1978 in Belgium.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch: Baudouin[1]
- Prime Minister: Leo Tindemans (to 20 October); Paul Vanden Boeynants (from 20 October)
Events
[edit]- 11 October – Leo Tindemans proffers his resignation as Prime Minister after the failure of the Egmont pact
Publications
[edit]- Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 1 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels
Births
[edit]- 16 February – Tia Hellebaut, track and field athlete
- 4 July – Émile Mpenza, footballer
- 5 August – Kim Gevaert, sprinter
- 9 August – Wesley Sonck, footballer
- 15 December – Christophe Rochus, tennis player
- 18 December – Xandee, Flemish singer
Deaths
[edit]- 9 August – Johan Daisne (born 1912), Flemish author
- 9 October – Jacques Brel (born 1929), singer
- 24 December – Raymond Braine (born 1907), footballer
References
[edit]- ^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
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