1966 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1966 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Baudouin[1]
- Prime Minister: Pierre Harmel (until 19 March), Paul Vanden Boeynants (from 19 March)
Events
- 31 January – Clashes between gendarmes and demonstrators from the closing Zwartberg mine leave two colliers dead.[2]
- 10 February – Belgium ratifies London Fisheries Convention.
- 11 February – Pierre Harmel proffers his resignation as prime minister due to internal policy divisions in his Christian Democrat–Socialist coalition.[3]
- 15 February to 9 May – Women at FN Herstal strike for equal pay.[4]
- 15 March – London Fisheries Convention regulating fisheries in the North Sea comes into force.
- 19 March – Paul Vanden Boeynants takes office at the head of a Christian Democrat–Liberal coalition.[5]
- 11 May – Real Madrid defeat FK Partizan in the 1966 European Cup Final at the Heysel Stadium.
- 13 May
- Belgian bishops issue a declaration rejecting calls to remove the French-language section of the Catholic University of Leuven from the city of Leuven.[6]
- Elizabeth II visits Langemark to pay her respects at the Saint Julien Memorial to Canadian soldiers of the First World War.[7]
- 2 June – Demonstration in Brussels in support of equal pay for equal work.[8]
Publications
- OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union.[9]
Art
- René Magritte La Décalcomanie
Births
- 26 January – Conny Aerts, astrophysicist
- 25 April – Eliane Tillieux, politician
- 9 July – Amélie Nothomb, novelist
- 15 July – Elisa Brune, writer and journalist (died 2018)
- 6 September – Joachim Coens, politician and businessman
- 27 October – Nathalie Loriers, jazz musician
- 5 December – Patrick Ouchène, singer
- 16 December – Fatima Lamarti, politician[10]
Deaths
- 4 January – Georges Theunis (born 1873), former Prime Minister
- 8 January – Marthe Cnockaert (born 1892), spy
- 10 March – Émile Coulonvaux (born 1892), politician
- 29 March – Albert-Édouard Janssen (born 1883), politician and banker
- 19 April – Albert Servaes (born 1883), painter
- 20 June – Georges Lemaître (born 1894), priest and astrophysicist
- 19 August – François Demol (born 1895), footballer
- 5 December – Sylvère Maes (born 1909), racing cyclist
- 29 December – Pierre Nothomb (born 1887), writer and politician
References
- ^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ Lode Vanoost (29 January 2016). "50 jaar geleden: rijkswacht doodt mijnwerkers Zwartberg". De Wereld Morgen.
- ^ La crise gouvernementale en Belgique (février-mars 1966) (I), Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP, 314 (1966) 7, pp. 1-21.
- ^ Catherine Hoskyns, Integrating Gender: Women, Law and Politics in the European Union (London and New York, Verso Books, 1996), pp. 65-68.
- ^ La crise gouvernementale en Belgique (février-mars 1966) (II), Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP, 315 (1966) 8, pp. 1-21.
- ^ "1966 Leuven Vlaams". ugentmemorie.be. Ghent University.
- ^ "Langemark: bezoek Koningin Elisabeth II op 13 mei 1966". westhoekverbeeldt.be.
- ^ ""L'écart salarial entre hommes et femmes ne sera pleinement comblé que dans 70 ans" selon l'OIT". rtbf.be. RTBF. Belga. 7 March 2016.
- ^ OECD Economic Surveys: Belgium 1966. October 1966. ISBN 9789264136830.
- ^ "De Kamerleden: Fatima Lamarti" (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Chamber of Representatives. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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