1964 in Belgium explained

Events in the year 1964 in Belgium.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Baudouin^[1]

• Prime Minister

Théo Lefèvre

Events

• 17 February – Government of Belgium and Government of Morocco sign a convention for the recruitment of guest workers.^[2]
• 11 May – Front Démocratique des Francophones political party founded.
• 11 October – Municipal elections
• 27 October – Hostage crisis begins in Stanleyville, Republic of the Congo.
• 24 November – Operation Dragon Rouge ends hostage crisis in Stanleyville.

Art and architecture

• René Magritte, Le fils de l'homme

Births

• 4 February – Steven Vanackere, politician
• 15 March – Marco Van Hees, politician^[3]
• 26 March – Godelieve Jansens, cyclist
• 17 April
  • Sonja Vermeylen, cyclist
  • Bart Van den Bossche, entertainer (died 2013)
• 4 May – Peter Roes, cyclist
• 12 May – Bart Somers, politician
• 18 May – Luc Suplis, judoka
• 9 June – Bart Moeyaert, writer
• 14 June – Pieter Timmermans, businessman
• 21 June – Claude Verspaille, footballer
• 3 July – Frederik Vansina, pilot
• 6 July – Thierry Warmoes, politician^[4]
• 26 July – Anne Provoost, writer
• 23 August - Johan Bruyneel, cyclist
• 2 October – Hilde Quintens, cyclist
• 31 October – Dimitri Mbuyu, footballer
• 8 November – Dominique Leroy, businesswoman

Deaths

• 7 January – Jean Verbrugge (born 1896), orthopedic surgeon
• 26 February – Léon Vanderstuyft (born 1890), cyclist
• 29 February – Victor van Straelen (born 1889), conservationist
• 27 March – Roger Motz (born 1904), politician
• 21 June – Jan Mertens (born 1904), cyclist
• 27 June – Georges Brausch (born 1915), ethnographer
• 13 July – Achille Delattre (born 1879), trade unionist
• 30 July – Alfred Verdyck (born 1882), footballer
• 2 September – Henri Hanlet (born 1888), cyclist
• 17 September – Jean Ray (born 1887), writer
• 28 September – Henri Grégoire (born 1881), scholar
• 5 October – Jean-Baptiste Janssens (born 1889), Jesuit
• 16 November – Lucien Dehoux (born 1890), gymnast
• 7 December – Aloïs Simon (born 1897), historian

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baudouin I, king of Belgium . Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. News: En 1964, personne n'imaginait que les travailleurs marocains resteraient en Belgique. La Libre. Bosco d'Otreppe. 8. 17 February 2024.
3. Web site: Les Députés: Marco Van Hees . . 9 September 2024 . Brussels, Belgium . fr.
4. Web site: Les Députés: Marco Van Hees . . 9 September 2024 . Brussels, Belgium . fr.