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- 1819: birth of Gustave de Molinari, economist (pictured)
- 1875: Jacques Bouhy, baritone, stars as Escamillo in the first performance of Carmen by Georges Bizet
- 1972: birth of Yasmine, singer and TV presenter
- 1976: birth of Joos Valgaeren, soccer player, former player of Celtic F.C. and of the Belgium national football team
- 1990: death of Gérard Blitz, sporter and businessman, winner of the bronze medal in waterpolo at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, founder of holiday company Club Med
- 1983: death of Hergé, comics author of The Adventures of Tintin
- 2004: Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agreed to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that formed InBev, the world's largest brewer
