1981 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1981 in Belgium.
Incumbents
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- Monarch: Baudouin[1]
- Prime Minister:
- until 31 March: Wilfried Martens
- 31 March-17 December: Mark Eyskens
- starting 17 December: Wilfried Martens
Events
[edit]- July 30 - Belgian Anti-Racism Law
- October 20 - 1981 Antwerp bombing
- November 8 - General election
Publications
[edit]- Cowboy Henk strip first published
- OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium, Luxembourg[2]
- Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 4 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels)
Births
[edit]- January
- 4 January – Silvy De Bie, singer
- 6 January – Jérémie Renier, actor
- February
- 4 February – Johan Vansummeren, cyclist
- 27 February
- Evi Goffin, singer
- Élodie Ouédraogo, sprinter
- April
- 10 April – Yves V, DJ and producer
- May
- 3 May – Lieven Scheire, comedian
- June
- 2 June – Kurt Hovelijnck, cyclist
- July
- 15 July – Sébastien Rosseler, cyclist
- October
- 3 October – Lydia Klinkenberg, politician
Deaths
[edit]- January 27 - Leo Collard (born 1902), politician
- February 7 - Marius Mondelé, footballer
- February 9 - Albert Dejonghe (born 1894), cyclist
- April 5 - Émile Hanse (born 1892), footballer
- May 19 - Marcel Vercammen, footballer
- August 29 - Joseph Givard, footballer
- October 21 - Wilfried Puis (born 1943), footballer
- November 29 - Dieudonné Smets, cyclist
References
[edit]- ^ "Baudouin I | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ OECD Economic Surveys: Belgium 1981. January 1981. ISBN 9789264155343.
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