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• 1070: death of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders
• 1119: death of Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders
• 1579: death of Johannes Stadius, astronomer and mathematician
• 1894: birth of Georges Lemaître, astronomer, originator of the Big Bang theory
• 1903: Land speed record set in Ostend to 134.32 km/h
• 1938: birth of Hermann, comics creator
• 1949: birth of Urbanus, comedian
• 1975: birth of Cécile de France, actress, starred in Around the World in 80 Days
• 1977: birth of Leif Hoste, cyclist, winner of the KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde and two times Belgium National Time Trial Champion