1953 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1953 in Belgium .

Incumbents

Monarch – Baudouin ^[1]

Prime Minister – Jean Van Houtte

Events

31 January to 1 February – North Sea flood damages Belgian coastal defences, killing 28
9 April – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927–2005) marries Prince Jean of Luxembourg (1921–2019), with civil registration in the Grand Ducal Palace and a nuptial mass in Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg
14 October – Sabena Convair Crash
24 October – Firedamp explosion in the Many pit in Seraing, owned by Ougrée-Marihaye, kills 26 (12 Belgians and 14 Italian immigrant workers)^[2]
31 October – First public television broadcasts of the Belgian National Broadcasting Institute, from the Flagey Building in Brussels

Publications

Non-fiction

Gustave Cohen, Le Théâtre français en Belgique au Moyen Âge (Brussels, La Renaissance du Livre)
Paul Harsin, La Révolution liégeoise de 1789

Fiction

Louis Paul Boon, De Kapellekensbaan
Hergé, Explorers on the Moon , serialised 1952-1953
Georges Simenon, Feux rouges , Maigret et l'homme du banc , and Maigret se trompe
Willy Vandersteen, De dolle musketiers, Suske & Wiske album (serialised 1952–1953)

Art and architecture

Paintings

René Magritte, Golconda

Performance

14 to 18 July – Théâtre National de Belgique production of Jean Giraudoux's Ondine at the Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith).^[3]^[4]

Births

10 January
- Olga Zrihen, politician
- Josiane Vanhuysse, cyclist
23 January – Carl Devlies, politician
26 January – Daniël Theys, glassmaker
1 February – Walter de Paduwa, radio DJ
21 February – Siegfried Bracke, politician
14 March – Dirk Van der Maelen, politician
3 April – Pieter Aspe, writer (died 2021)
5 April – Paul Broekx, Olympic canoer
11 April – Guy Verhofstadt, politician
1 May – Willy Linthout, comics author
7 May – Alain Brichant, tennis player
6 June – Jan Durnez, politician
30 June – Koen Fossey, illustrator
22 July – René Vandereycken, footballer
25 August – Georges De Moor, health statistician
20 September – André Delcroix, cyclist
26 September – Micha Marah, singer
27 September – Jean-Paul Comart, actor
9 October – Marcia De Wachter, economist
17 October
- Thierry Soumagne, fencer
- Claire Vanhonnacker, singer (died 1992)
27 October – Daniel Guldemont, martial artist
28 October – Jean-Marie Berckmans, writer (died 2008)
19 November – Didier de Chaffoy de Courcelles, businessman
20 November – Étienne De Beule, cyclist
4 December – Jean-Marie Pfaff, goalkeeper

Deaths

6 January – Maurice Corneil de Thoran (born 1881), musician
9 January – Jean Brusselmans (born 1884), painter
17 January – Jean de Bosschère (born 1878), writer and painter
19 January – Jean Delville (born 1867), painter
11 March – Charles Saroléa (born 1870), philologist
26 March – Paul Loicq (born 1888), hockey administrator
16 May – Django Reinhardt (born 1910), jazz musician
2 June – Servais Le Roy (born 1865), entertainment
20 June – Henri de Man (born 1885), politician
25 June – Jules Van Nuffel (born 1883), priest and musicologist
12 July – Joseph Jongen (born 1873), composer
14 September – Pierre Nolf (born 1873), scientist
18 September – Charles de Tornaco (born 1927), racing driver
2 November – Émile Cammaerts (born 1878), writer

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References

↑ "Baudouin I | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
↑ Paul Delforge. "24 octobre 1953: catastrophe minière au charbonnage le Many, à Seraing, 26 morts". wallonie.be. Walloon Government.
↑ , "Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean", The Oxford Companion to the Theatre, edited by Phyllis Hartnoll, fourth edition (Oxford University Press, 1983), p. 336.
↑ J.P. Wearing, The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, second edition (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), p. 241.

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[1] "Baudouin I | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

[2] Paul Delforge. "24 octobre 1953: catastrophe minière au charbonnage le Many, à Seraing, 26 morts". wallonie.be. Walloon Government.

[3] , "Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean", The Oxford Companion to the Theatre, edited by Phyllis Hartnoll, fourth edition (Oxford University Press, 1983), p. 336.

[4] J.P. Wearing, The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, second edition (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), p. 241.

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