1960 in Belgium

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References

  1. ↑ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  2. ↑ H.F. van Panhuys, L.J. Brinkhorst and H.H. Maas (eds.), International Organisation and Integration (Deventer and Leyden, 1968), p. 978.
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