1976 in Belgium

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1976
in
Belgium

Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:Other events of 1976
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1976 in Belgium.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: Baudouin[1]
  • Prime Minister: Leo Tindemans

Events[]

Flooding in Ruisbroek, January 1976
  • 3 January – Flooding in Ruisbroek.[2]
  • April – World Environment and Resources Council conference in Brussels.[3]
  • 16 May – Niki Lauda wins the 1976 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit Zolder
  • 22 June to 8 July – Longest heatwave recorded in Belgium, with 16 days of temperatures over 30°C.[4]
  • 8 July – European People's Party founded in Brussels
  • 20 September – Brussels Metro opens.
  • 10 October – Municipal elections confirm the fusion of the Belgian municipalities, reducing the number of local governments from 2,359 to 589.[5]

Publications[]

  • OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg.[6]
  • Jonathan E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy (The Hague, Mouton)

Art and architecture[]

Astro Tower, Brussels
Buildings

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • 6 January – Henry George (born 1891), cyclist
  • 28 January – Marcel Broodthaers (born 1924), artist
  • 17 February – Jean Servais (born 1910), actor
  • 16 March – Albert Lilar (born 1900), politician
  • 13 April – Gustave Danneels (born 1913), cyclist
  • 10 August – Fernand Dehousse (born 1906), politician
  • 29 December – Ivo Van Damme (born 1954), athlete

References[]

  1. ^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  2. ^ Patrick Poppe (3 January 2016). "Ramp in Ruisbroek veertig jaar geleden". Gazet van Antwerpen.
  3. ^ The Environment of Human Settlements: Human Well-Being in Cities, edited by P. Laconte et al., vol. 1 (Oxford, Pergamon, 1976).
  4. ^ Philippe Mievis (3 June 2011). "L'été 1976: un été légendaire". meteobelgique.be.
  5. ^ Lina Pasquale (6 October 2018). "1976: des élections communales pas comme les autres". Le Soir (in French).
  6. ^ OECD Economic Surveys: Belgium 1976. July 1976. ISBN 9789264150171.
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