1996 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- 27 February – A multiple-vehicle collision occurred on the E17 near Nazareth, with 10 deaths the worst traffic accident in Belgium[1]
- 13 August – Child-murderer Marc Dutroux arrested
- 20 October – White March: approximately 300,000 people demonstrate to protest police and judicial inefficiency and demand improved child protection in the wake of the Dutroux affair.
Publications
Births
- July 14 - Anas Hamzaoui, footballer
Deaths
- 6 May – Leo Joseph Suenens (born 1904), cardinal
- 19 May – Charles Verlinden (born 1907), historian
- 29 September – Albert Ayguesparse (born 1900), writer
