Today in Belgium History (Part 3)
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Historical Events
Events 201 - 300 of 305
1959-10-04 - Netherlands beats Belgium 9-1
1960-04-03 - Earthquake at Havre, Belgium
1960-06-25 - Earthquake in NE Belgium
1960-06-30 - Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium
1960-07-10 - Belgium sends troops to Congo
1960-11-14 - Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on it's Congo-policy
1960-12-05 - Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
1961-03-27 - Belgium government of Eyskens resigns
1961-05-06 - Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party
1961-08-23 - Belgium sends troops to Rwanda-Urundi
1961-10-22 - 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights & Flemish language in Belgium
1961-12-08 - Antwerp Belgium diocese forms
1961-12-27 - Belgium & Congo resume diplomatic relations
1962-01-01 - Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium
1962-07-01 - Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)
1963-04-19 - 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58
1963-09-01 - Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot
1964-04-06 - Egypt & Belgium restore diplomatic relations
1964-04-18 - Artisans strike in Belgium ends
1964-04-20 - 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:19:59
1964-05-21 - Fire in Belgium resort, kills 19
1965-06-26 - Wallon party forms in Belgium
1965-07-27 - Pierre Harmel forms Belgium government
1965-09-24 - Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament
1966-02-10 - Harmel government in Belgium resigns
1966-03-19 - Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins
1966-04-17 - 100th intl soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1)
1966-04-25 - Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium
1966-10-28 - Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour
1966-12-06 - Polio vaccination becomes obligatory in Belgium
1967-05-22 - Fire at L'Innovation dept store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium)
1967-08-21 - Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed
1968-02-07 - Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls
1968-06-17 - Belgium government of Eyskens-Merlot forms
1969-11-03 - Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium
1971-09-24 - Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament
1971-10-25 - Belgium & China PR establish diplomatic relations
1972-01-21 - Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms
1972-07-23 - Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France
1972-09-05 - Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium
1972-10-25 - Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr
1972-11-22 - Belgium government of Eyskens resigns
1972-12-27 - Belgium recognizes German DR
1973-01-26 - Belgium government of Leburton forms
1973-04-06 - Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
1974-01-19 - Belgium government of Leburton falls
1974-03-10 - Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
1974-04-25 - Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government
1976-01-26 - Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals
1977-01-01 - Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596
1977-01-17 - Zaire president Mobutu visits Belgium
1977-04-03 - Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time
1977-04-17 - Christian-democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
1977-06-03 - Belgium government of Tindemans forms
1978-10-11 - Belgium government of Tindemans resigns
1978-10-20 - Paul Vanden Boeynants forms Belgium government
1979-04-03 - Belgium's Martens government forms
1979-04-16 - Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium
1979-06-25 - Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium
1980-01-13 - Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium
1980-03-09 - Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured
1980-04-09 - Belgium's Marten's government resigns
1980-05-18 - Belgium 3rd government of Martens forms
1980-06-23 - West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
1980-10-07 - Belgium 3rd government of Martens resigns
1980-10-22 - 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium
1981-04-02 - Belgium's 4th government of Martens resigns
1981-04-07 - Belgium Eyskens government forms
1981-10-20 - Bomb attack on Antwerp Belgium synagogue, 1 dead, 80 injured
1981-11-08 - Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election
1981-12-22 - Belgium's 5th government of Martens forms
1982-07-13 - Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed
1982-09-30 - National railroad strike in Belgium
1983-02-04 - Jose Happart becomes mayor of Voeren Belgium
1983-02-09 - Belgium buys 44 F-16s
1983-12-31 - Jose Happart installed as mayor of Voeren Belgium
1985-05-16 - Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium
1985-10-13 - Belgium premier Martens CVP wins parliamentary election
1985-11-09 - Surprise attack on Belgium supermarket in Aalst, 8 killed
1985-11-28 - 6th Belgium government of Martens forms
1986-03-17 - Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF
1986-04-12 - 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
1986-06-25 - Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud
1987-03-06 - Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die
1987-09-01 - Smoking forbidden in public buildings in Belgium
1987-10-15 - 6th Belgium government of Martens falls
1987-10-21 - 7th Belgium government of Martens forms
1987-12-13 - Belgium Christian Democrats (CVP) loses parliamentary election
1988-03-31 - Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
1988-05-09 - Belgium: 8th government of Martens forms
1988-10-09 - 17% vote extremely-right Flemish Block in Belgium
1989-07-04 - Unmanned Russian Mig-23 crashes in Bellegem-Kooigem, Belgium (1 dies)
1989-09-08 - Mausoleum of Beatrice of Brabant (1288) discovered in Kortrijk Belgium
1991-08-16 - Belgium census is 10,000,963 inhabitants
1992-03-24 - 1st Belgium in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space
1993-08-09 - King Albert II of Belgium, crowned
1994-04-28 - Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium
1995-01-30 - Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air
1995-02-01 - Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air
1995-03-01 - Belgium ends military conscript
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