1962 in Belgium explained

Events in the year 1962 in Belgium.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Baudouin^[1]

• Prime Minister

Théo Lefèvre

Events

• 12 April – Standard Liège play Real Madrid
• 30 April – Law on conscription to the armed forces institutes obligation of 8 months' service for all able-bodied men.^[2]
• 1 July – Ruanda-Urundi becomes independent Republic of Rwanda and Kingdom of Burundi
• 14 October – Rioting in Brussels between Flemish nationalist and Francophone demonstrators.^[3]

Art and architecture

• Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage moves to its new building.

Births

• 8 February – Goedele Vermeiren, politician
• 16 February – Patrick Davin, conductor (died 2020)
• 10 February – Els De Temmerman, journalist
• 17 March – Wim Henderickx, composer (died 2022)
• 28 April – Maggie De Block, politician
• 29 April – Christine Defraigne, politician
• 10 May – Gerda Dendooven, illustrator
• 12 July – Dixie Dansercoer, explorer (died 2021)
• 22 July – Pieter De Crem, politician
• 11 August – Anna Callebaut, cyclist
• 29 September - Rita Bellens, politician
• 1 November – Hendrik Redant, cyclist
• 20 November – Thierry Hancisse, actor
• 7 December – Piet Huysentruyt, TV chef
• 14 December – Kathleen Vereecken, writer

Deaths

• 12 January – Richard de Guide (born 1909), composer
• 26 February – Maurice Emile Marie Goetghebuer (born 1876), entomologist
• 27 February – Albéric Collin (born 1886), sculptor
• 2 March – Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (born 1866), mathematician
• 1 April – Michel de Ghelderode (born 1898), dramatist
• 17 July – Hendrik De Vocht (born 1878), scholar
• 20 July – André Renard (born 1911), trade unionist
• 7 August – Filip De Pillecyn (born 1891), writer
• 13 August – Jean Cuvelier (born 1882), missionary bishop
• 30 September – Anne de Borman (born 1881), tennis player
• 28 October – Pierre Froidebise (born 1914), organist
• 21 December – Fernand Rigaux (born 1905), astronomer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baudouin I, king of Belgium . Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. J. Paxton (ed.), The Statesman's Yearbook (1987), p. 196.
3. News: 20 Wounded in Brussels Word Riots. Chicago Tribune. 15 October 1962. 27 June 2017.