1966 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1966 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Events

Cars parked on the Grand-Place in Brussels
  • 31 January – Clashes between gendarmes and demonstrators from the closing Zwartberg mine leave two colliers dead.[2]
  • 10 February – Belgium ratifies London Fisheries Convention.
  • 11 February – Pierre Harmel proffers his resignation as prime minister due to internal policy divisions in his Christian Democrat–Socialist coalition.[3]
  • 15 February to 9 May – Women at FN Herstal strike for equal pay.[4]
  • 15 March – London Fisheries Convention regulating fisheries in the North Sea comes into force.
  • 19 March – Paul Vanden Boeynants takes office at the head of a Christian Democrat–Liberal coalition.[5]
  • 11 May – Real Madrid defeat FK Partizan in the 1966 European Cup Final at the Heysel Stadium.
  • 13 May
    • Belgian bishops issue a declaration rejecting calls to remove the French-language section of the Catholic University of Leuven from the city of Leuven.[6]
    • Elizabeth II visits Langemark to pay her respects at the Saint Julien Memorial to Canadian soldiers of the First World War.[7]
  • 2 June – Demonstration in Brussels in support of equal pay for equal work.[8]

Publications

  • OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union.[9]

Art

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  2. ^ Lode Vanoost (29 January 2016). "50 jaar geleden: rijkswacht doodt mijnwerkers Zwartberg". De Wereld Morgen.
  3. ^ La crise gouvernementale en Belgique (février-mars 1966) (I), Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP, 314 (1966) 7, pp. 1-21.
  4. ^ Catherine Hoskyns, Integrating Gender: Women, Law and Politics in the European Union (London and New York, Verso Books, 1996), pp. 65-68.
  5. ^ La crise gouvernementale en Belgique (février-mars 1966) (II), Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP, 315 (1966) 8, pp. 1-21.
  6. ^ "1966 Leuven Vlaams". ugentmemorie.be. Ghent University.
  7. ^ "Langemark: bezoek Koningin Elisabeth II op 13 mei 1966". westhoekverbeeldt.be.
  8. ^ ""L'écart salarial entre hommes et femmes ne sera pleinement comblé que dans 70 ans" selon l'OIT". rtbf.be. RTBF. Belga. 7 March 2016.
  9. ^ OECD Economic Surveys: Belgium 1966. October 1966. ISBN 9789264136830.
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