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- 1638: birth of David Teniers III, painter
- 1877: birth of Hélène Dutrieu (pictured), first woman aviator of Belgium, beating the women's world nonstop flight record in 1911
- 1899: birth of André Souris, surrealist composer
- 1965: birth of Danny Boffin, soccer player with 53 appearances for the Belgium national football team
- 1975: death of Achille Van Acker, politician, Prime Minister of Belgium between 1945 and 1946, and between 1954 and 1958
- 1989: death of Jean-Michel Charlier, comics author of Buck Danny, Redbeard and Blueberry
