1962 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1962 in Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- 12 April – Standard Liège play Real Madrid
- 30 April – Law on conscription to the armed forces institutes obligation of 8 months' service for all able-bodied men.[2]
- 1 July – Ruanda-Urundi becomes independent Republic of Rwanda and Kingdom of Burundi
- 14 October – Rioting in Brussels between Flemish nationalist and Francophone demonstrators.[3]
Art and architecture
- Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage moves to its new building.
Births
- 8 February – Goedele Vermeiren, politician
- 16 February – Patrick Davin, conductor (died 2020)
- 10 February – Els De Temmerman, journalist
- 17 March – Wim Henderickx, composer (died 2022)
- 28 April – Maggie De Block, politician
- 29 April – Christine Defraigne, politician
- 10 May – Gerda Dendooven, illustrator
- 12 July – Dixie Dansercoer, explorer (died 2021)
- 22 July – Pieter De Crem, politician
- 11 August – Anna Callebaut, cyclist
- 29 September - Rita Bellens, politician
- 1 November – Hendrik Redant, cyclist
- 20 November – Thierry Hancisse, actor
- 7 December – Piet Huysentruyt, TV chef
- 14 December – Kathleen Vereecken, writer
Deaths
- 12 January – Richard de Guide (born 1909), composer
- 26 February – Maurice Emile Marie Goetghebuer (born 1876), entomologist
- 27 February – Albéric Collin (born 1886), sculptor
- 2 March – Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (born 1866), mathematician
- 1 April – Michel de Ghelderode (born 1898), dramatist
- 17 July – Hendrik De Vocht (born 1878), scholar
- 20 July – André Renard (born 1911), trade unionist
- 7 August – Filip De Pillecyn (born 1891), writer
- 13 August – Jean Cuvelier (born 1882), missionary bishop
- 30 September – Anne de Borman (born 1881), tennis player
- 28 October – Pierre Froidebise (born 1914), organist
- 21 December – Fernand Rigaux (born 1905), astronomer
References
- ^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ J. Paxton (ed.), The Statesman's Yearbook (1987), p. 196.
- ^ "20 Wounded in Brussels Word Riots". Chicago Tribune. 15 October 1962. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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