Events from the year 1996 in Belgium
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Incumbents
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edit- 27 February – A multiple-vehicle collision occurred on the E17 near Nazareth, with 10 deaths the worst traffic accident in Belgium[1]
- 13 August – Child-murderer Marc Dutroux arrested
- 20 October – White March: approximately 300,000 people demonstrate to protest police and judicial inefficiency and demand improved child protection in the wake of the Dutroux affair.
Publications
editBirths
edit- November 18 – Joshua Feytons, actor
Deaths
edit- 6 May – Leo Joseph Suenens (born 1904), cardinal
- 19 May – Charles Verlinden (born 1907), historian
- 29 September – Albert Ayguesparse (born 1900), writer
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1996 in Belgium.
- ^ "Een muur van mist": 25 jaar geleden gebeurde kettingbotsing op E17 in Nazareth, grootste verkeersramp ooit in België, VRTNWS, 27 February 2021
- ^ Boileau, David A. (1996). Cardinal Mercier : A memoir. ISBN 9789068318623.
- ^ Urban regimes and strategies : Building Europe's central executive district in Brussels. 1996. ISBN 9780226645599.