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Incumbents

3 January – Flooding in Ruisbroek.^[2]
April – World Environment and Resources Council conference in Brussels.^[3]
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.^[4]
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.^[5]

OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg.^[6]
Jonathan E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy (The Hague, Mouton)

^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
^ Patrick Poppe (3 January 2016). "Ramp in Ruisbroek veertig jaar geleden". Gazet van Antwerpen.
^ The Environment of Human Settlements: Human Well-Being in Cities, edited by P. Laconte et al., vol. 1 (Oxford, Pergamon, 1976).
^ Philippe Mievis (3 June 2011). "L'été 1976: un été légendaire". meteobelgique.be.
^ Lina Pasquale (6 October 2018). "1976: des élections communales pas comme les autres". Le Soir (in French).
^ OECD Economic Surveys: Belgium 1976. July 1976. ISBN 9789264150171.

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