1928 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1928 in Belgium.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 19 January – Wireless telegraph between Brussels and New York comes into service.[2]: 821
- 1 March – First Belgian newspaper published in Elisabethville, Belgian Congo (now Lubumbashi).[2]: 821
- 27 April – First board meeting of the newly established National Fund for Scientific Research, chaired by Émile Francqui.[2]: 823
- 13 May – The 1928 Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race is won by Belgian rider Ernest Mottard.[3]
- June – The Belgian Open golf tournament is played at the Royal Golf Club of Belgium and is won by Albert Tingey Jr.[4]
- 4 July – Financier Alfred Loewenstein vanishes on a Croydon Airport to Brussels.[2]: 823
- 29 July – Alfred Loewenstein's corpse washes ashore at Boulogne-sur-Mer
- 5 to 12 August – Socialist International meets in Brussels.[2]: 822
- 6 October – New sluices in Nieuwpoort breached by high water.[2]: 821
Art and architecture
[edit]- Buildings
- Alphonse Pauwels' art deco Cinema Roma opens in Borgerhout
- Films
- Rigo Arnould's L'Yser premières in Brussels on 24 September
- Artworks
- René Magritte “Les Amants”
Births
[edit]- 13 May – Eugène Van Roosbroeck, racing cyclist (died 2018)
- 11 June – Queen Fabiola of Belgium, in Spain (died 2014)[5]
- 16 June – Annie Cordy, performer (died 2020)
- 27 June – Antoinette Spaak, politician (died 2020)
- 10 July – Herman Van der Wee, economic historian
- 26 September – Bob Van der Veken, actor (died 2019)
- 9 December – André Milhoux, racing driver[6]
- 19 December – Annette Wademant, screenwriter (died 2017)
Deaths
[edit]- 17 January – Karl Hanquet, historian, 57
- 18 March – Paul van Ostaijen, poet, 32
- 4 July – Alfred Loewenstein, financier, 51
References
[edit]- ^ J.E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy, 1976
- ^ a b c d e f Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
- ^ "18ème Liège-Bastogne-Liège 1928". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 7 July 2004.
- ^ "Belgian championship". The Times. 19 June 1928. p. 7.
- ^ "Belgium: Queen Fabiola in serious condition with pneumonia". Ynetnews. 20 June 1995. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
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