1984 in Belgium

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See also:	Other events of 1984 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1984 in Belgium.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin^[1]
• Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens

Events

• 2 to 17 October – Communist Combatant Cells carry out a series of attacks against American and German companies, the Paul Hymans Institute, and the Ghent offices of the Flemish Christian Democrats
• 15 December – Roger Vangheluwe appointed as Bishop of Bruges by Pope John Paul II.

Publications

• Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 42
• Jean Stengers and Anne Van Neck, Histoire d'une grande peur: la masturbation (Brussels, Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles)
• Jean-Émile Humblet, Jalons pour une histoire religieuse de la Wallonie (Brussels, Vie Ouvrière)
• C. Vandenbroeke, Vlaamse koopkracht: Gisteren, vandaag en morgen (Leuven, Kritak)
• Denis Whitaker, Tug of War: Allied Command and the story behind the Battle of the Scheldt (New York, Beaufort Books)^[2]

Births

• 13 March – Steve Darcis, professional tennis player
• 12 April – Kevin Pauwels, cyclist
• 10 June – Dirk Van Tichelt, judoka
• 2 July – Maarten Martens, footballer
• 27 September – Wouter Weylandt, road bicycle racer (died 2011)
• 12 November – Sepp De Roover, footballer

Deaths

• 22 January – Chaïm Perelman, philosopher (born 1912)
• 22 May – Laurent Grimmonprez, footballer (born 1902)
• 7 August – Ann Christy, singer
• 29 September – Marnix Gijsen, writer
• 1 December – Alphonse Schepers, cyclist (born 1907)

References

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Years in Belgium