Events in the year 1976 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Baudouin Prime Minister: Leo Tindemans
Events
3 January – Flooding in Ruisbroek. April – World Environment and Resources Council conference in Brussels.The Environment of Human Settlements: Human Well-Being in Cities, edited by P. Laconte et al., vol. 1 (Oxford, Pergamon, 1976). 16 May – Niki Lauda wins the 1976 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit Zolder 22 June to 8 July – Longest heatwave recorded in Belgium, with 16 days of temperatures over 30°C. 8 July – European People's Party founded in Brussels 20 September – Brussels Metro opens. 10 October – Municipal elections confirm the fusion of the Belgian municipalities, reducing the number of local governments from 2,359 to 589.
Publications OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg. Jonathan E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy (The Hague, Mouton)
Art and architecture
Buildings Astro Tower, Brussels, completed.
Births 18 January – Laurence Courtois, tennis player 29 January – Belle Perez, singer 27 February – Ludovic Capelle, cyclist 3 March – Joos Valgaeren, footballer 4 March – Regi Penxten, DJ 11 June – Gaëtan Englebert, footballer 17 June – Sven Nys, cyclist 10 July – Wilfried Cretskens, cyclist 12 July – Dave Bruylandts, cyclist 26 August – Freya Piryns, politician 19 November – Benny Vansteelant, athlete (died 2007) 16 November – Mario Barravecchia, singer 4 December – Mbo Mpenza, footballer 7 December – Joris Vandenbroucke, politician 11 December – Timmy Simons, footballer
Deaths 6 January – Henry George (born 1891), cyclist 28 January – Marcel Broodthaers (born 1924), artist 17 February – Jean Servais (born 1910), actor 16 March – Albert Lilar (born 1900), politician 13 April – Gustave Danneels (born 1913), cyclist 10 August – Fernand Dehousse (born 1906), politician 29 December – Ivo Van Damme (born 1954), athlete
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