1979 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1979 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch: Baudouin ^[1]
Prime Minister: Paul Vanden Boeynants (to 3 April); Wilfried Martens (from 3 April)

Events

13 June – In Marckx v Belgium the European Court of Human Rights finds for the plaintiff, Paula Marckx, that Belgian inheritance law is unfair to unmarried mothers and their children.
25 June – Red Army Faction fail to assassinate Alexander Haig, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, with a bomb in Casteau

Publications

Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 2 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels)

Births

5 January – Liesbet De Vocht, former road bicycle racer
3 February – Wouter Vrancken, footballer
24 February – Nabil Ben Yadir, film director,
19 March – Stan Van Samang, actor and singer
10 May – Marieke Vervoort, Paralympic athlete
31 May – Jean-François Gillet, footballer
21 July – Laurent Delorge, footballer
29 August – Stijn Devolder, road bicycle racer
8 September – Frederik Willems, cyclist
13 September – Geike Arnaert, singer
27 December – Ann Van Elsen, model

Deaths

11 February – Marie Delcourt (born 1891), classicist
25 February – Marguerite Massart (born 1900), engineer
10 May – Louis Paul Boon (born 1912), novelist

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References

↑ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.

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

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