1979 in Belgium
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See also: | Other events of 1979 List of years in Belgium |
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
Births
Deaths
- 10 May – Louis Paul Boon (born 1912), novelist
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References
- "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
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