1974 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1974 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch: Baudouin ^[1]
Prime Minister: Edmond Leburton (to 25 April); Leo Tindemans (from 25 April)

Events

23 January – Fire at boarding school in Heusden kills 23 teenagers.^[2]
10 March – 1974 Belgian general election
24 June – Robert-Joseph Mathen becomes Bishop of Namur

Art and architecture

Buildings

Jacques Cuisinier's Brusilia building in Schaerbeek completed (begun 1970)

Births

19 October – Peter Evrard, singer, winner of Idool 2003

Deaths

Related Research Articles

Baudouin, Dutch name Boudewijn, was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo.

The King Baudouin Stadium is a sports ground in north-west Brussels, Belgium. Located in the Heysel district of the City of Brussels, it was built to embellish the Heysel Plateau in view of the 1935 Brussels International Exposition. It was inaugurated on 23 August 1930, with Crown Prince Leopold attending the opening ceremony. The stadium hosted 70,000 at the time. Its name honours King Baudouin, Leopold's son and successor as King of the Belgians, from 1951 to his death in 1993.

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References

↑ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
↑ Kizzy Van Horne (23 January 2014). "'Deze ramp mag nooit vergeten worden". Het Nieuwsblad .

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[1] "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.

[2] Kizzy Van Horne (23 January 2014). "'Deze ramp mag nooit vergeten worden". Het Nieuwsblad .

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