Today in Belgium History (Part 2)
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Historical Events
Results 101 - 200 of 309
1921-07-24 - Belgium's Leon Scieur wins Tour de France
1921-07-29 - New rules of language assumed (equal rights Flemings/Walen Belgium)
1921-09-03 - KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms
1921-10-17 - Belgium's public library law goes into force
1923-02-18 - Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages
1923-05-23 - Launch of Belgium's SABENA airline.
1923-06-15 - Belgium's Theunis govt falls because of mine, post & railroad strike
1923-08-31 - League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)
1923-11-24 - Radio Belgium's 1st transmission
1924-02-27 - Belgium's Theunis govt falls
1924-03-11 - 3rd term of Belgium Theunis govt begins
1924-04-15 - Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain Belgium, 1 dead
1924-04-27 - Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1
1924-10-19 - General Christian Worker's union demands 8 hr work day in Belgium
1925-03-06 - Belgium annexes Eupen, Malmö dy & Sankt Vith
1925-04-03 - Neth & Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde
1925-08-30 - 6th Iron pilgrim at Diksmuide Belgium
1926-03-12 - Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium
1926-03-15 - Belgium's "black monday," franc falls
1926-10-26 - Belgium stabilizes current value of franc (5 franc becomes 1 "Belga")
1926-11-10 - Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden
1927-05-01 - Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam
1927-05-11 - Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer
1928-03-11 - Netherlands & Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam)
1928-09-30 - Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 mi 604 yds in 1 hr
1928-10-01 - Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour
1929-07-29 - Belgium Maurice Dewaele wins Tour de France
1929-10-24 - Belgium princess Marie-Jose & Italian crown prince Umberto gets engaged, assassination attempt on Umberto fails
1929-11-25 - Belgium govt Jaspar falls
1930-01-08 - Belgium Princess Marie-Jose marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
1930-05-31 - Building begins on Albert Canal in Belgium
1930-08-04 - Child labor laws estralished in Belgium
1930-12-03 - Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)
1931-06-05 - Jules Renkin becomes premier of Belgium
1932-07-18 - Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands sign Unity treaty
1932-10-18 - Belgium govt of Renkin falls
1932-10-22 - Charles de Broqueville becomes premier of Belgium
1934-02-23 - Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium
1934-03-11 - Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer
1934-03-29 - Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt
1935-03-25 - 1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns
1935-07-12 - Belgium recognizes Soviet Union
1935-07-28 - Belgium's Romain Maes, wins Tour de France
1936-03-06 - Belgium ends Locarno-pact
1936-05-26 - 1st govt of Zealand in Belgium ends
1938-05-15 - Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium
1938-06-11 - Earthquake in Belgium
1939-07-30 - Belgium Sylvere Maes wins 33rd Tour de France
1939-08-26 - Belgium mobilizes
1939-09-04 - Netherlands & Belgium declare neutrality
1940-01-09 - 2 German officers make emergency landing in Belgium
1940-04-21 - Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
1940-05-10 - Nazi armies attack Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg
1940-05-17 - Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium & begins invasion of France
1940-05-28 - Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up
1940-05-29 - In WW II, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France
1941-09-11 - Belgium King Leopold secretly marries Lilian Baels
1941-12-06 - King Leopold of Belgium marries Lilian Baels
1942-04-27 - Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars
1942-05-26 - Belgium Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star
1942-08-04 - 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz
1942-08-11 - 999 Jews are taken from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium
1942-09-12 - Free-Poland & Belgium asks pope to condemn nazi-war crimes
1943-03-22 - Obligatory work for woman ends in Belgium
1944-02-10 - Belgium resistance fighter/author Kamiel van Baelen arrested
1944-09-02 - Belgium's Emissie bank closes
1944-09-02 - US leaders meet in Belgium
1944-09-05 - Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands sign unity treaty
1944-09-07 - SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal Belgium
1944-12-16 - Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium
1944-12-22 - Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium
1944-12-28 - Eisenhower & Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium
1945-01-12 - German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge
1947-10-29 - Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherland form Benelux Union
1949-01-29 - Brit, Belgium, Lux, Neth, NZ & Switz recognize Israel
1950-01-16 - Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands recognize Israel
1950-03-12 - Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
1950-05-11 - Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
1950-07-22 - King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium
1950-08-01 - King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King
1950-08-11 - King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium
1950-08-18 - Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
1950-10-21 - Death penality abolished in Belgium
1951-01-30 - Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio
1951-03-06 - Belgium extends conscription to 24 months
1951-07-16 - King Leopold III, of Belgium, abdicates
1951-07-17 - King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I
1952-06-17 - 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
1952-08-09 - General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium
1953-01-13 - Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14
1953-10-25 - Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die
1953-10-31 - TV broadcasting begins in Belgium
1954-01-30 - Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR
1954-05-14 - Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months
1955-04-03 - Fire in cinema to Sclessin Belgium, kills 39
1955-05-16 - King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo
1955-07-09 - Strike in Belgium for 5 day work week
1955-10-29 - Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours)
1956-02-08 - Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die
1956-08-08 - Fire & explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium
Famous Birthdays
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1974-01-18 - Princess Claire of Belgium
1974-01-22 - Stephanie Rottier, St Niklaas Belgium, tennis star (1995 semi Prague)
1975-04-30 - Johnny Galecki, Bree Belgium, actor (American Dreamer, David-Roseanne)
1976-02-05 - Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico)
1976-05-02 - Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star
1977-04-03 - Veronique De Kock, Miss Universe-Belgium (1996)
1978-02-04 - Laurence Borremans, Miss Belgium Universe (1997)
1986-02-21 - Amedeo, Belgium, son of princess Astrid/arch duke Lorenz
1988-08-26 - Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
2001-10-25 - Princess Elisabeth of Belgium
2003-08-20 - Prince Gabriel of Belgium
2004-02-06 - Princess Louise of Belgium
2005-10-04 - Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
2005-12-13 - Prince Aymeric of Belgium
2005-12-13 - Prince Nicolas of Belgium
2008-04-16 - Princess Eléonore of Belgium, Belgian princess
Famous Deaths
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