1979 in Belgium explained

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baudouin I, king of Belgium . Encyclopedia Britannica.