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1998 Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels Belgium
1994 Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium 1994 "Philoktetes Variations," with Ron Vawter, premieres in Brussels 1985 Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot 1985 "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels 1985 Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels 1984 King Boudouin opens Museum for Modern Art in Brussels 1984 Brussels princess Astrid marries arch duke Lorenz of Austrian-Este 1983 400,000 demonstrate in Brussels, against cruise missile 1981 Naim Chadir, PLO-representative in Brussels, murdered 1979 IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market 1977 Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, kills 19 1976 Metroliner official opens in Brussels 1974 Bayern Munchen wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels 1973 Ingrid Seynhaeve, born in Brussels, Belgium, model, Look of the Year 1991 1970 1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam and Brussels 1969 Florence Descampe, Brussels Belgium, LPGA golfer, 1992 McCall 1969 Florence Descampe, born in Brussels, Belgium, LPGA golfer, 1992 McCall 1967 Brussels: NATO-Council accept "Flexible Response"-strategy 1967 Fire at L'Innovation department store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium) 1966 Brussels: Nuclear Planning Group established 1966 Nuclear Planning Group forms in Brussels 1965 Manneke Piss statue stolen in Brussels 1965 Beursschouwburg opens in Brussels 1960 Company Industrielle et Forestere (Indufor) forms in Brussels 1959 Prince Albert marries Princess Paola in Brussels 1958 Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brussels Belgium, actor, Kickboxer, No Retreat 1958 Real Madrid wins 3rd Europe Cup 1 in Brussels 1950 Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade 1950 Raymond van het Groenewoud, Belgian vocalist/actor, Brussels by Night 1948 France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels 1947 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis 1946 Diane von Furstenberg, Brussels Belgiums, fashion designer 1946 Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels 1945 Martine van Hamel, Brussels Belgium, ballerina, New York City Ballet Co 1945 German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels 1944 Allies liberate Brussels 1944 Tank division of British Guards free Brussels 1940 Jose Van Dam, Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone, Francois d'Assisif 1940 German troops conquer Brussels 1940 Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins invasion of France 1939 Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels 1939 Liz Claiborne, Brussels Belgium, fashion designer, women 1935 Anti-fascist People front forms in Brussels 1929 Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady 1926 Pierre "Peyo" Culliford, Brussels Belgium, cartoonist, Smurfs 1926 Edouard Van Remoortel, Brussels, conductor, 1958-62 St. Louis Symph 1924 Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer, 'Madama Butterfly', dies in Brussels at 65 1922 International Geographical Union forms in Brussels 1921 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels and Paris) 1918 King Albert I's triumphant procession through Brussels 1918 Brussels free Stofnar 1916 Emil Gilels, Odessa Russia, pianist, Brussels Competition-1938 1916 Charles Fryatt, British Captain of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies 1914 Germans arrest A Max, mayor of Brussels 1914 German army captured Brussels as the Belgian army retreated to Antwerp 1914 1st successful blood transfusion (in Brussels) 1910 International Exhibition opens in Brussels 1909 Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels 1902 Police beats up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels 1900 Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor, New York City Ballet 1948-58 1900 Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails 1900 Jan Blockx's "Tol Uilenspiegel" premieres in Brussels 1897 Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam and Brussels 1890 Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels 1882 Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo 1881 Opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels) 1876 Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor, Brussels, Belgium 1830 Dutch army leaves Brussels, after 100s killed 1830 Dutch troops occupy Brussels 1830 Charles G G, Earl of Merode, mayor (Brussels), dies at 67 1822 King Willem I obligates inhabitants of Brussels to use Dutch language 1821 1st edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper published in Brussels 1820 Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher, Brussels Cons 1817 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian/archivist, Brussels 1815 King Willem I takes oath in Brussels 1790 Austrian army occupies Brussels 1762 Charles G G, earl of Merode/mayor of Brussels/French senator 1746 French troops conquer Brussels 1716 Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels 1708 Great Alliance occupies Brussels 1695 French troops under Villeroi shoot in Brussels 1580 Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed 1577 Treason of Don Juan in Brussels 1568 Duke van Alva beheads 18 nobles in Brussels 1567 Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium 1565 King Philip II's "Letters out Segovia" reaches Brussels 1564 Cardinal Granvelle flees Brussels 1522 Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches 1514 Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist, Fabrica 1430 Duke Philip the Good of Bourgondy visits Brussels 1404 Brussels Brabants/Limburgse audit-office established 1389 Everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered 1370 Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium 1349 Duke of Brabant orders execution of all Jews in Brussels, accusing them of poisoning the wells |
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