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Events in the year 1962 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch: Baudouin^[1]
Prime Minister: Théo Lefèvre

Events

King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola watch Standard Liège playing Real Madrid

12 April – Standard Liège play Real Madrid
30 April – Law on conscription to the armed forces institutes obligation of 8 months' service for all able-bodied men.^[2]
1 July – Ruanda-Urundi becomes independent Republic of Rwanda and Kingdom of Burundi
14 October – Rioting in Brussels between Flemish nationalist and Francophone demonstrators.^[3]

Art and architecture

Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage building (1962)

Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage moves to its new building.

Births

8 February – Goedele Vermeiren, politician
16 February – Patrick Davin, conductor (died 2020)
10 February – Els De Temmerman, journalist
17 March – Wim Henderickx, composer (died 2022)
28 April – Maggie De Block, politician
29 April – Christine Defraigne, politician
10 May – Gerda Dendooven, illustrator
12 July – Dixie Dansercoer, explorer (died 2021)
22 July – Pieter De Crem, politician
11 August – Anna Callebaut, cyclist
29 September - Rita Bellens, politician
1 November – Hendrik Redant, cyclist
20 November – Thierry Hancisse, actor
7 December – Piet Huysentruyt, TV chef
14 December – Kathleen Vereecken, writer

Deaths

12 January – Richard de Guide (born 1909), composer
26 February – Maurice Emile Marie Goetghebuer (born 1876), entomologist
27 February – Albéric Collin (born 1886), sculptor
2 March – Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (born 1866), mathematician
1 April – Michel de Ghelderode (born 1898), dramatist
17 July – Hendrik De Vocht (born 1878), scholar
20 July – André Renard (born 1911), trade unionist
7 August – Filip De Pillecyn (born 1891), writer
13 August – Jean Cuvelier (born 1882), missionary bishop
30 September – Anne de Borman (born 1881), tennis player
28 October – Pierre Froidebise (born 1914), organist
21 December – Fernand Rigaux (born 1905), astronomer

References

^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
^ J. Paxton (ed.), The Statesman's Yearbook (1987), p. 196.
^ "20 Wounded in Brussels Word Riots". Chicago Tribune. 15 October 1962. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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