1940 Event In WW II, Germans capture Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille in France 1921 Birthday Grant Johannesen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, pianist, Ostend 1st prize 1947 1918 Event HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor 1787 Birthday James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer, Weddell Sea
