Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/June/June 5
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- 1568: death by decapitation of Lamoral, Count of Egmont and Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn, statesmen
- 1947: birth of Maurice Martens, soccer player, selected 26 times for the Belgium national football team
- 1962: birth of Princess Astrid of Belgium
- 1973: birth of Gella Vandecaveye, judoka, winner of the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
- 2002: death of Gaston Geens, politician, Minister-president of Flanders between 1981 and 1992
- 2004: Olivier Rochus and Xavier Malisse win the men's doubles at the Roland Garros Tournament